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Who would seek to start a world religious movement if not one of the hopeful disciples? This theory requires someone to be motivated to impersonate Jesus other than the disciples themselves.
Well,
As many as five hundred people were said to be available to testify to their observations of the risen Christ (1 Cor. 15:3–8).
Sources say that the bible is true and Jesus is son of God. The source? The…Bible…
THE DISCIPLES WERE ACCURATELY REPORTING THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS Christians, of course, claim that Jesus truly rose from the dead and that the Gospels are accurate eyewitness accounts of this event. THE PROBLEMS: This explanation accounts for the empty tomb, the resurrection observations, and the transformation of the apostles.
0 issues? Theres nothing working against this at all, especially when the only source is the material that’s being questioned in the first place?
How can random forces be so conspicuously aligned and organized to support life? Is it merely a coincidence? That’s certainly possible, but is it reasonable?
Because it’s not instantaneous, it took billions of years for the Earth to be even remotely habitable for anything, let alone humans. We could very well be witnesses to other Earths in our own solar system, just in their infant stages, or even seeing them long after life has been destroyed into dust.
If biological systems display characteristics of design (in the form of specified complexity), it is reasonable to conclude that a designer has been involved in the process.
How complex does something need to be to be proof of being created? There’s evidence of ‘simpler’ organisms existing before ‘complex’ ones formed, not to mention some of those ‘simple’ organisms exist today when others don’t.
If we reject the entirety of Scripture simply because it contains artifacts of one kind or another, we had better be ready to reject the ancient writings of Plato, Herodotus, Euripides, Aristotle, and Homer as well.
If we’re to assume the truth of the bible, what is separating that from the fiction of Homer?
In addition, the apostles would have been required to protect their conspiratorial lies for an incredibly long time.
People can and have done that before. Theres also the possibility that these guys don’t see it as a lie, or may genuinely believe it to be true.
I’ve been producing a podcast and hosting a website (PleaseConvinceMe.com)
The website required that I give an email before being able to use it’s basic functions, and after spending some time scrolling through, it’s apparent that this website uses every opportunity it can to grab some cash. It’s actually kind of appalling how much of the site is dedicated to asking for money or for buying products, all things considered.
I continued. “And the writers seem to have believed what they were writing about.”
Earnest belief ≠ Truth
