this is perhaps the most bold claim by christians....but where is the probative evidence? scripture does not count.
have any of you talked to the people who saw him go to heaven or saw him after he "died"? if not this is not probative
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There is absolutely none.
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First, the empty tomb. The Pharisees engaged in a debate with the disciples over why the tomb was empty. It went something like this:
Disciples: Jesus is alive, nyah nyah. See look, there's no body in the tomb.
Pharisees: Yeah well you must have stolen it, so there.
Disciples: And how did we get past the guards? Huh?
Pharisees: The guards fell asleep. All at the same time. It totally happened.
If there had been a body in the tomb, the Pharisees could have just been like, "What have you guys been smoking and could you share some with us? Because there's totally a body in the tomb, go check for yourselves." They wouldn't have needed to come up with such lame excuses.
Then there are the multiple attestations from people who saw Jesus after his resurrection. Paul lists them in one of his letters, including a mention of 500 people to whom Jesus appeared at the same time (ruling out the possibility of it being hallucination, because mass hallucinations just don't occur), and inviting the recipients of the letter to interview those who are still alive for themselves. Paul wouldn't have said this if those people didn't exist or wouldn't testify to the resurrection of Christ.
History also records the gruesome death of many of the disciples. They were given ample opportunity to reject Jesus, yet continued to cling to their beliefs even unto death. It could not have been some grand conspiracy orchestrated by the disciples, because no one willingly dies for something they know to be a lie. They, at least, believed that they had seen Jesus resurrected.
Anonymous
Im a christian myself and for some reason I want Jesus to come back, but we all know at some point he's not coming back because it's kinda unrealistic since it says in the Bible the Moon will not emit it's light, stars will fall from heaven and the Sun will stop, so basically the sky would be pretty Dark and Jesus is on the top of the world.
Thinking about it seems cool but actually happening seems pretty impossible.
skeptik
Apparently, the fact that his body was never found is supposed to be evidence he came back to life.
Go figure.
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Scripture doesn't count? Why not!? If I asked you to prove an evolutionary opinion and I said you couldn't use your science book or anything any of those scientists said were would you be?
Jesus lives in the Heart of all of his Children,. We feel his holy presence at all times. We feel his presence when reading our Bibles. Jesus is Alive!