Thank you for your reply. First of all, history is told by eyewitnesses, and criminals are condemned to die based upon eyewitness testimony. If you discount these eyewitnesses, why do you not discount eyewitnesses of all other history, e.g. Heroditus on Pelopenesian war, Caesar on conqust of Gaul, and on and on? The atual resurrection was not witnessed as it occurred in a sealed tomb. However, the risen Christ was seen by over 500 people. Christ was dead - ask the roman who speared him; then, 3 days later, he was seen alive; and seen alive over a period of 40 days. You have alot of questions to answer if it did not occur, e.g. who moved the stone? Why didn't the jewish leaders produce his body and crush the new movement? Why did the roman guards (on penalty of death) allow the tomb to be opened after it was sealed? If you look carefully at the evidence, you will notice: One day the disciples ran like cowards, the next day they are all lions of faith and laid down their lives based on the reality of the Resurrection. How do you explain that? Who would die for a lie - knowing it was a lie? Name one other person in history who died for a lie KNOWING it was a lie. All of the counter-theories have giant holes in them and do not stand up to logical scrutiny (mass hallucination, swoon theory, wild dogs tore apart the body, etc. etc.). An objetive person must admit that Resurrection is the BEST explanation of the evidence. Evidence is evidence. Greenleaf wrote textbooks on evidence which are still used today at Harvard Law School. This is an appeal to authority, granted, but it convinced him.