Hey everyone, as you know I wrote a bulletin earlier and spoke briefly about the resurrection of Jesus and how important it is to the Christian faith. As I also said, I will be writing a series of articles on the resurrection, so it would only be wise to consider this the first real article about this certain subject. In this article I would like to present to everyone the case for the resurrection, and discuss the arguments against it and for it. I will be doing this over a period of 4 to 5 articles, so please keep reading; this is a lot of information that can be beneficial to someone who is seeking answers about the Christian faith.
I would like to start off by saying the most important fact about the resurrection itself. No matter what religion, what belief system you are from, or how much history you know, the fact that the body of Christ after the crucifixion was never found after three days of being in the tomb says that Christianity can and has and always will stand firm on its own. From this comes over 2000 years of debate on this topic. The fact remains that if Christ did rise from the dead, then he is Lord, but if he did not, then Christianity is not true, as stated before in my last article.
Over the many years, there have been very many reasons for the “disappearance” of the body of Christ. They are as follows:
1. The conspiracy theory- this argument says that the disciples of Jesus stole the body in order to make it look like Christ had risen from the dead.
2. The apparent death theory- this argument states that Christ never really died on the cross, and when he was in the tomb, he somehow regained himself and revived himself in some way. Therefore, he never really died and walked out of the tomb alive.
3. The wrong tomb theory- this states that after the body of Christ was put in the tomb, the people and followers of Jesus forgot where they had laid the body. Therefore, the body was lost forever. (This seems to be the argument that the document of the “lost tomb of Jesus” might by chance take.)
4. The Hallucination theory- this argument speaks for itself. People who use this argument say that the appearances of Jesus after his death were only mere hallucinations and not actual reality.
5. The Legend theory- people who use this argument say that resurrection story is only a legend and not actual history. This is a good shot at disproving Christianity, but I do not believe that it stands up to questioning when looking at the evidence.
So as you can see, there are five theories that we will take a look at here, but unfortunately we do not have enough time to look at every single one of them. These are five of the main arguments against Christianity, but I will give what I believe is sufficient evidence to disprove these arguments against Christianity.
Everyone, be sure to stay in touch and keep reading. The next few articles will be very important to understand. Thank you all so much, and please again, if you have any questions about any of these topics, just email me, or let me know somehow, and I will do my best to answer them. Thank you all so much, and I will put out the next article soon. Thanks!
In Christ our Lord,
Dylan
I would like to start off by saying the most important fact about the resurrection itself. No matter what religion, what belief system you are from, or how much history you know, the fact that the body of Christ after the crucifixion was never found after three days of being in the tomb says that Christianity can and has and always will stand firm on its own. From this comes over 2000 years of debate on this topic. The fact remains that if Christ did rise from the dead, then he is Lord, but if he did not, then Christianity is not true, as stated before in my last article.
Over the many years, there have been very many reasons for the “disappearance” of the body of Christ. They are as follows:
1. The conspiracy theory- this argument says that the disciples of Jesus stole the body in order to make it look like Christ had risen from the dead.
2. The apparent death theory- this argument states that Christ never really died on the cross, and when he was in the tomb, he somehow regained himself and revived himself in some way. Therefore, he never really died and walked out of the tomb alive.
3. The wrong tomb theory- this states that after the body of Christ was put in the tomb, the people and followers of Jesus forgot where they had laid the body. Therefore, the body was lost forever. (This seems to be the argument that the document of the “lost tomb of Jesus” might by chance take.)
4. The Hallucination theory- this argument speaks for itself. People who use this argument say that the appearances of Jesus after his death were only mere hallucinations and not actual reality.
5. The Legend theory- people who use this argument say that resurrection story is only a legend and not actual history. This is a good shot at disproving Christianity, but I do not believe that it stands up to questioning when looking at the evidence.
So as you can see, there are five theories that we will take a look at here, but unfortunately we do not have enough time to look at every single one of them. These are five of the main arguments against Christianity, but I will give what I believe is sufficient evidence to disprove these arguments against Christianity.
Everyone, be sure to stay in touch and keep reading. The next few articles will be very important to understand. Thank you all so much, and please again, if you have any questions about any of these topics, just email me, or let me know somehow, and I will do my best to answer them. Thank you all so much, and I will put out the next article soon. Thanks!
In Christ our Lord,
Dylan
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