Hello my friends hope you're all doing well.
I would just like to converse with you about the evidence for Christ's resurrection for a few reasons
The first reason being I know you're all really knowledgeable people so there is as little chance, if this evidence is flawed that it'll be detected.
The second reason being to see if this evidence holds up well.
So let's get started.
I will only use one verse from the Bible then after that I will not be using the Bible at all.
The one verse is this in 2 Peter 1:16 "For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty."
So here Peter is saying that he and the disciples witness the majesty of Christ talking about seeing him and him resurrected.
Now, historical texts say that Peter and the apostles and Paul was martyred for this witness of the resurrected Christ.
Ignatius in AD 110 claimed that Peter was the bishop of Rome
Irenaeus of Lyon in AD 180 agrees that Peter served in Rome
Tertullian in AD 195 said "on which the apostles poured out their whole doctrine with their blood; where Peter had a passion like that of the Lord, where Paul was crowned with the death of John (the Baptist. by being beheaded)."
Dionysius of Corinth, AD 200 said "Peter and Paul at Rome and at Corinth; for both of them alike planted in our Corinth and taught us; and both alike, teaching similarly in Italy, suffered martyrdom at the same time"
And lastly Eusebius reported the crucifixion of Peter and Paul's beheading as well, and When he reported the crucifixion of Peter and the beheading of Paul in Ecclestiacial History, he was simply passing along a tradition which has been the unanimous opinion of the church for two hundred years.
Now, my question is this why would the apostles and Peter and Paul claim they saw the risen Jesus Christ and give up their lives to preach about him and be Hated and tourtured and ultimately killed, for a lie?
My prediction of one your responses may be "but don't people die for mistaken beliefs all the time"
Yes, but the apostles died for what they said they saw (emphasis on saw) not a belief.
So it's either they really saw the risen Christ or they did it all for a lie they knew, which would be absurd.
What are your thoughts or possible rebuttals on this?
All the best.
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