Is the Bible "evidence" of the ressurection.

Is the Bible Evidence ofthe ressurection of Jesus Christ.

  • Yes it is a great document of the times

    Votes: 4 17.4%
  • No, it's a great yarn, but cannot be held to be factual in such instances.

    Votes: 13 56.5%
  • SHUT UP OTAKU AND SKIPPER KELLY!!!! ENOUGH!!

    Votes: 6 26.1%

  • Total voters
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Christianity like most religions has no credible evidence of anything, thats why it's called a faith.
 

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otaku said:
you should have made it a public poll - so i knew who to send my flying monkeys after
Public Poll?? Looks like I have more of this Poll thing to learn!
 

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I guess it depends on your definition of "evidence".

Personally I don't see any reliable evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ or Lazarus, other than what the four Gospels tell us. I suppose that this does constitute "evidence", as such, but in my view it is very flimsy evidence and not substantiated by any other independent contemporary document or account

In my view the Bible as 'evidence' for the resurrection is about as convincing as Han Christian Anderson is evidence for the existance of Thumbelina or the Little Mermaid.

We could well argue that both did exist because Hans Christian Anderson wrote about them, just as we could argue that the resurrection occurred because Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote about them.
 
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Roylion said:
We could well argue that both did exist because Hans Christian Anderson wrote about them, just as we could argue that the resurrection occurred because Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote about them.
You 'could' argue that, but you'd be hard-pressed making a convincing analogy between the two text-types. Why would you argue for the existance of something that is intentionally fictional? Mischevious metaphysics methinks, unless you can make a case for poor old Hans actually believing that he was Thumbelina's biographer! A far better enquiry would be to assess the burden of proof required to substantiate ANY allegedly historical event circa the time of which we are speaking.
 

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You 'could' argue that, but you'd be hard-pressed making a convincing analogy between the two text-types. Why would you argue for the existance of something that is intentionally fictional?
Well of course. My point was that just because something is written about, doesn't necessarily make it true.

W W Biscuit said:
Mischevious metaphysics methinks, unless you can make a case for poor old Hans actually believing that he was Thumbelina's biographer!
Of course he wasn't. No more than Mark was Jesus' biographer. He wasn't.

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A far better enquiry would be to assess the burden of proof required to substantiate ANY allegedly historical event circa the time of which we are speaking.
Of course. That's what I've been saying. That more evidence than just the Bible's word for it, is needed to ascertain whether the resurrection actually did occur.
 

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Roylion said:
Of course. That's what I've been saying. That more evidence than just the Bible's word for it, is needed to ascertain whether the resurrection actually did occur.
Don't think your analogy is much chop but appreciate your perspective on the thread this poll is drawn from RoyLion. Thought it was well put. The more evidence you mention here can only be bringing someone back to life after rigor mortis has set in.
 

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Roylion said:
We could well argue that both did exist because Hans Christian Anderson wrote about them, just as we could argue that the resurrection occurred because Matthew, Mark, Luke and John wrote about them.



And they wrote about the alleged resurrection more than half a century after the event apparently. Considering that this was the most amazing thing to happen in the history of mankind and considering that he died so that we can have everlasting life (simply by believing in him), surely somebody jotted down some notes about it. LET'S READ THEM.
 
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