4.22 We can’t know…theory?

Published by 1c15 on 5th December 20195th December 2019

Can we really know what happened? Ok you could say the disciples had some kind of experience, the strong view amongst critical scholars that reject the resurrection is that the something happened but we can’t know what.

A few points to address this issue

1. This response is a rejection of the conclusion that Jesus rose from the dead, rather than a rejection of the evidence

It is not even denial of the evidence,

2. It is what we do know about the resurrection, not what we don’t

The facts we do know when assembled only look like a resurrection. These facts can’t be ignored, especially since we have chiefly used the minimal facts data that are so well evidenced that virtually all critical scholars who address these issues admit them. 2,000 years of opposing natural theories have failed. Most modern critics grant this. Therefore, Jesus’ resurrection from the dead is the only plausible explanation of the known facts.

3. The religio-historical context increases likelihood of the resurrection

This context includes Jesus claiming divinity, that he was known as a miracle worker and other data that supports God’s existence.

In the absence of a valid reason for rejecting Jesus’ resurrection, nothing prevents a rational person from concluding that Jesus’ resurrection from the dead was an event in history. In the words of the eminent professor William Lane Craig, theologian and Philosopher states

In an age of religious relativism and pluralism, the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus constitutes a solid rock on which Christians can take their stand… The rational man can now hardly be blamed if he believes that on that first Easter morning, a divine miracle has occurred.

William Lane Craig, Philosopher & Theologian