The Resurrection of Jesus Is Probably Real

[Anonymous]

When Jesus of Nazareth was famously sentenced to death, his movement was in disarray and hemorrhaging followers. He died, but shortly thereafter, it exploded in numbers, buoyed by accounts that he’d begun appearing to people again. Secular accounts suggest that within decades of his death, his followers had reached such diverse locales as places now known as France, Iran, and Tunisia. Curiously, many of those followers had (to use a crude modern expression) “grown a pair” and were now willing to die to stand by their claims.

Something objectively changed with these fellas. I’m inclined to believe their explanation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When Jesus of Nazareth was famously sentenced to death, his movement was in disarray and hemorrhaging followers. He died, but shortly thereafter, it exploded in numbers, buoyed by accounts that he’d begun appearing to people again. Secular accounts suggest that within decades of his death, his followers had reached such diverse locales as places now known as France, Iran, and Tunisia. Curiously, many of those followers had (to use a crude modern expression) “grown a pair” and were now willing to die to stand by their claims.

Something objectively changed with these fellas. I’m inclined to believe their explanation.

The apostles trekked far and wide to spread the word. Those people became Christians for no other reason than that.

[Anonymous]

Because people need to believe in miracles in order to dissociate from reality… but doesn’t make them real

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because people need to believe in miracles in order to dissociate from reality… but doesn’t make them real

A story as old as time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because people need to believe in miracles in order to dissociate from reality… but doesn’t make them real

This^^

The disenfranchised need to form an identity to uprise and get their freedom.

When your life is out of control, you have to cling to something unworldly to keep up hope to move forward.

This is why it’s so easy to religiously radicalize alcoholics, drug addicts, and people in jail.

[Anonymous]

Remember Romeo and Juliet. People can think you’re dead and you’re not actually back in the day.

[Anonymous]

Do you suppose there was a great increase in information and disinformation, similar to today?

[Anonymous]

If Jesus did not rise from the dead, where did the body wind up? Wouldn't the Romans have wanted to locate it to dispel any beliefs that people had about him being supernatural?

[Anonymous]

Jesus was an amazing person. Was he the son of God? I doubt it. We need a reason such an incredible man was born. Was the resurrecton real? Probably not. We need a reason to live by his teachings.

I don't know why we can't just have a religion based on the amazing teachings of Christ, a real human who really existed and really did say amazing things.

[Anonymous]

I’m Christian but I still recognize that nothing revitalizes a dying movement as much as a martyr. It doesn’t prove anything one way or another except that it was a story that found resonance with a lot of people at that time. The fact that the Roman Empire was in a slow collapse during that time period also probably contributed to a general political/social instability that made people want to find a new way of thinking about their world and group membership. Power voids are great for messianic movements, throughout history.