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- Re: Easter is as important as Christmas
Let's look at some objections then:
Jesus didn't actually die:
But the Romans were expert and efficient killers trained in the art of death by crucifixion. If Jesus wasn't actually dead what happened to him? And the soldiers on guard would almost certainly have been executed for their incompetence.
The disciples stole the body:
If that were so then why didn't they let on and say it was hoax given that most of the disciples were executed (not just the remaining 11 but others too) for claiming that Jesus had risen. It seems unlikely that not one person caved in if it was a lie.
Maybe the Romans or Jews took the body:
So why didn't they produce it when the Christians claimed he had been raised?
Maybe it wasn't Jesus who died but a twin brother or someone who looked liked him instead:
But the disciples lived, eat, drank, with him for 3 years, watching him teach and perform miracles. They knew him very well. If it wasnt actually Jesus what was it that turned Peter, Thomas, and the other disciples from doubtful and fearful men into courageous and successful disciples?
Maybe those who claimed the resurrection were hallucinating:
But hallucinations occur to individuals yet over 500 people must have had the same hallucination all at once plus many others on separate occasions. So that doesn't really cut it either.
To put it bluntly, the resurrection is the only thing that makes sense of all the evidence and before people say "Godders is always wrong" there are many many people, far more intelligent than I who also believe wholeheartedly in the resurrection.
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