The Minimal Facts for the Resurrection of Christ.

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Are you sure the font was large enough? Perhaps if you double the size it will change what Judaism teaches about the messiah.

This is a thread about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Or did you not see the title?

I know, reading the Bible is hard, and apparently thread titles too.

 

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INFJ protestant theologian here:
First, we don't search for historical evidence everywhere in the Bible. At that time, the story told by witness had more value than text. Later, when witnesses started to die, they started to write down their stories in order not to be forgotten. (not only the disciples, but all who saw him resurrected 1.Kor 15:3-6)
The best evidence that something really happened is the way that God did something. That way is unusual, weird, odd, without the glory- SO NO HUMAN CAN MAKE IT UP:
- Jews was waiting for the superhero God to rescue them, but God gave his Son to suffer and die on a cross instead.
- Women were the first who found out that Jesus is not in the grave anymore, and he showed himself to the Mary before he showed to disciples. If a human would make up such story, he would write that men were the first at the grave. At that time, women were irrelevant in the society. And yet, Jesus showed himself first to one them.
- etc...

That's fine, and I might even agree, but the way you describe it is not really evidence for an atheist. They don't care whether there is a spectacular event or not. What they should care about is what secular scholars say about the evidence. And that's really the grounding for the Minimal Facts approach.