How to Make a Good Case for the Resurrection

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  1. The recent deluge of opinions on the Feser blog prompted Prof. Wolfgang Smith to jot down a few reflections on the fundament question of “proof” vis-à-vis the existence of God. Modern evaluations of whether there are authentically rational arguments for the existence of God tend to fall short for the simple reason that we fail to maintain the classical distinction between ‘reason’ and ‘intellect’. See http://philos-sophia.org/what-are-proofs-of-god. If you were to divert discussion on this particular post to the Philos-Sophia Initiative facebook page I’m sure they’d be much obliged; I know they’re trying to get traffic.

  2. Gary says:

    “The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus is strong!” Really?? The best argument against the Christian claim that the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus is “strong” is this fact: the overwhelming majority of Jesus’ own people, the Jews, reject the evidence as insufficient.

    Some scholars have estimated that less than 1,000 Jews converted to Christianity in the first few centuries of the Common Era. If true, that is stunning. And think about this: If Jesus fulfilled ALL the OT messianic prophecies as Christians claim, how is it possible that so few Jews saw in Jesus the fulfillment of God’s promises to them? Are the world’s Jews that dense? Are the world’s Jews so “hard-hearted” (an unprovable, bigoted, conspiracy theory) that they are unwilling to recognize the “strong” evidence staring them in the face??

    And how is it possible that with only one or two exceptions, every Jewish Bible scholar who has ever lived has rejected the evidence presented to them by Christians that Jesus was the Jewish messiah or that God raised him from the dead?

    Either the world’s Jews are stubborn fools or Christians have overestimated the strength of their evidence for this very extra-ordinary claim.

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