(June 27, 2015 at 9:33 am)Randy Carson Wrote:(June 27, 2015 at 9:28 am)Cato Wrote: Not according to Mark they didn't.
Wrong. Look at what the original ending of Mark says concerning the resurrection of Jesus.
You're helping to make my case. The author of Mark did not witness the events. He stops his story with a boy saying that Jesus is on his way to Galilee. Why would the author of Mark omit these happenings and the witnessed ascension from his account it they were known to him. This is preposterous. You keep claiming that he knew of these events, which makes the fact that he didn't include them in his story even more ridiculous. It's far more reasonable to conclude that later gospels embellished Mark's story. Take for instance how the boy at the tomb becomes one and then later two angels. The changing to the women's immediate interaction with Jesus (feet rubbing) is a clear addition that begins to set up the physical resurrection. It's all a sham and you've been taken in.
Consider all the other bullshit believed by people at this time. Care to share with everyone what the locals did during lunar eclipses and why? They went outside and screamed and made a racket to ward off the witches they thought were pulling down the moon. You are relying on a group of people that believed in this and other bullshit as valid testimony for you claims. Your witnesses can easily be dismissed as unreliable.
