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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I investigated the claims of Christianity from a historic perspective.   The bottom line is that there is strong evidence for the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.   Is it airtight?  No.    But nothing is airtight. [/quote]

You're someone that I would be highly intrigued to meet IRL and discuss religion over coffee. However, without that, I am curious about your evidence for the death and resurrection.

I won't debate the scant, and inconclusive information related to an actual historic Jesus, but I am curious what your evidence is for him being divine, resurrected, etc.

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I was the PP — and thank you, I love having thoughtful discussions with people about this subject!

Since we can’t have that discussion in real life …

I highly recommend reading NT Wright’s book The Resurrection of the Son of God.   It is a 700+ page serious examination of the resurrection.   While it is very long, the writing is done at a level that most people can understand it — the length is just due to the amount of detail.

I would then follow that up with Tim Keller’s A Reason for God (or do it in reverse order, it doesn’t really matter).

The thing is though — I tell people to read the Resurrection of the Son of God.  And some people say “700 pages? nah, I am not going to read that.”

And I always find that response to be curious — after all, we are frequently told that it is religious people who don’t think or read.

But consider all of the things that we read in our lives; all of the social media scrolling; all of the cat videos and other frivolous things we watch.  People don’t have time to read a single serious book on the resurrection, but find time to watch their favorite football team for 4 hours EACH Sunday.

The reality is that most people actively don’t want to think about these things.  Which is fine.  Be honest about it and own it.  But don’t say that Christians aren’t the thinking ones.

Prior to becoming a Christian, even though I would tell everyone oh yeah, I am smart, well-read, etc., most of my life was filled with vapid subjects — politics, sports, money, women, porn, travel, social media, music.

Now that I am a Christian I can’t stop thinking about the things that really matter in life — why are we here, the meaning of life, the role of God, and yes, what it means that Christ died on a cross 2,000 years ago for me.   I don’t think less — I think alot more now.

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