Why don't you believe that Jesus rose from the dead? [Spirituality & Religion]

Because you know, as did most of the people of his time, that this is impossible?

Because his devastated and disappointed followers, who were cowering in fear after the execution, did not suddenly get inspiration to go to the ends of the earth (risking and giving up their lives) to proclaim that he did indeed rise from the dead?

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QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proof.

beckychandler · F

@QuixoticSoul The eyewitness testimonies were recorded, as well as the actions of those witnesses. It is one of those most documented events in history.

It changed history ( why we date time from the birth of this man).

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@beckychandler Eyewitness testimony is generally regarded as the worst and least reliable form of evidence, because people are terribly unreliable. On top of that, most of what are supposed to be eyewitness reports were recorded decades after Jesus’s death, and anonymously to boot.

It is not even remotely one of the most documented events in history, it’s not even high in the list.

Posthumously, Jesus was a spectacularly successful cult leader, I don’t think anyone would try to dispute that.