Yet again, Kage brings you another thought provoking piece, that challenges people to think. We’re talking about Jesus resurrection.
After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdaleneand the other Mary went to look at the tomb.
2 There was a violent earthquake, for an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and, going to the tomb, rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. 4 The guards were so afraid of him that they shook and became like dead men.
5 The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay. 7 Then go quickly and tell his disciples: ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him.’ Now I have told you.”
8 So the women hurried away from the tomb, afraid yet filled with joy, and ran to tell his disciples. 9 Suddenly Jesus met them. “Greetings,” he said. They came to him, clasped his feet and worshiped him. 10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me.”
Matthew 28 1-10
So, this is the story of the resurrection. Very uneventful, minus the whole angel thing. The crucifix story is better detailed than the story of his return from the “dead”.
So what of his death? Well, Jesus in his time frame was a pretty healthy, early 30 year old man. This dude walked from Jerusalem to galiee in brutal heat. No small feat.
As a capital punishment, very little but adectoal evidence exists for such, but many have recreated it and most, baring a few exceptions, survive.
So what can one say about a form of torture that is hyper survivable? Odds are, Jesus really did live. Does that make him the son of God? No, not necessarily. Sure, by biblical times, survival of such was impressive, but than again, so was living pass birth. Shit, getting into your 30s was more impressive than surviving the easily survivable. Even more impressive, how Jesus didn’t get tetanus and die of lock jaw.
If we look at the two accounts, one has the skeptic Peter having touched Jesus’ hand, feeling an abrasive scar. Last I knew, the dead don’t heal. You have to remember though, nearly everything killed you back then. Lack of diligence on corpses was a major problem up to the 1800s. The term “saved by the bell” came about in that time frame, because science sucked so bad, living people were occasionally buried alive.
If you take all of this into account, what you have is a mostly true story, minus an angel, that doesn’t even have a description in the Bible, barring revelations, as to what that even is. So it could have been a non hostile person that came to see Jesus.
Did they quake in front of the angel? Sure, but so don’t criminals in front of the police, so maybe we shouldn’t put too much stock into human emotions that can be caused in so many ways, to see a humanoid being as a mythical creature.
So let’s recap, so everyone in the back can understand why arguing the resurrection is a dumb idea for refuting the bible.
Easily survived capital punishment? Check!
Healthy and young, mildly athletic man? Check!
Ineptitude on ancient cultures to understand death? Check!
Healing factor being fine? Check!
All the ingredients to make the story plausible. by today’s standards, one would have to survive leathal injection to be that impressive.but that could never… oh wait,
And this dude wasn’t Jesus, so all I’m saying is that when it comes down to the religious debate, it might be time to start looking at other ways to refute the story of Jesus.
Happy Easter!
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