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To: Olympiad Fisherman
1. Jesus' death was a hoax.

Except that lots of non-Christian historical documents attest to his death.

2. The disciples stole Jesus' body.

If so, then they would have known that all Jesus' claims about himself weren't true, so why would they have followed Him and his teachings to their deaths?

3. The resurrection accounts are legendary.

How did the legend arise? Who started it? The disciples? If it was just a legend, people could go to the tomb to see if it were true. And why would the disciples be willing to die for an unprovable legend?

4. The disciples saw hallucinations of Jesus.

LOL! There are accounts of many many people seeing the risen Jesus at once. You do not have a whole bunch of people having the same hallucination all at once.

5. The disciples talked themselves into the resurrection.

Again, they would have to be really sure of what happened to be ready to die for their faith later.

6. Jesus was raised from the dead. Which is the best explanation that can explain the facticity of the early church? ...

Only satisfactory explanation.

8 posted on 04/24/2011 4:11:26 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis

Well summarized!


11 posted on 04/24/2011 5:25:40 PM PDT by Olympiad Fisherman (Olympiad Fisherman)
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