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"How do you explain the empty tomb?"

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"How do you explain the empty tomb?"
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 10:28 pm
How about we start by showing that Mark wrote actual history? Until then, why bother discussing something that never happened?
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 10:36 pm (This post was last modified: September 5, 2012 at 10:37 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(September 5, 2012 at 9:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So, it's just a plot device.

Indeed, as is the character of Joseph of Arimathea, [erstwhile owner of said tomb] almost certainly Cool Shades
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 10:53 pm (This post was last modified: September 5, 2012 at 10:58 pm by Lion IRC.)
See that teaearlgreyhot ?

The other posters are doing a great job showing that if you dont actually want to contest the empty tomb evidence,
just ignore it as never having taken place. Simple.

Lazy....but simple.
(September 5, 2012 at 10:36 pm)padraic Wrote:
(September 5, 2012 at 9:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: So, it's just a plot device.

Indeed, as is the character of Joseph of Arimathea, [erstwhile owner of said tomb] almost certainly Cool Shades

Why stop there? Just call the entire bible a ''plot device.''

You wouldnt be the first atheist to say...all lies/all made up

That would save you guys a TON of work then you could get back to your non-stamp collecting.
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 10:59 pm
The empty tomb is not "evidence," son. It is an assertion. Just as Saddam's WMDs were an assertion.

Both apparently bullshit from the word "go", as well.
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 11:08 pm (This post was last modified: September 5, 2012 at 11:08 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Lazy....but simple.


The reason any claim made about Jesus,his life and resurrection are not believed by skeptics such as myself is that there is no credible evidence for any of it.


If there is any mental laziness or intellectual dishonesty,it comes from apologists who insist on asserting Jewish and Christian mythology are history.


I have no right NOT to offended.However, I do have the right to BE offended,and to say so.To accuse me of being mentally lazy because I do not accept your beliefs is offensive. Fuck you.Angry
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Hey, where exactly is Aramathea?





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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 11:18 pm (This post was last modified: September 5, 2012 at 11:25 pm by FallentoReason.)
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 11:27 pm
(September 5, 2012 at 11:16 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Hey, where exactly is Aramathea?





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As far as I know,there is no ancient record of such a place.


However,Christian apologists have come up with some creative explanations,as is their wont when faced with lack of proof.
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 11:29 pm
Rhetorical question, Pad. Big Grin
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RE: "How do you explain the empty tomb?"
September 5, 2012 at 11:35 pm
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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