4.26 Accusation: Jesus vs Elvis vs aliens

Published by 1c15 on 9th December 20199th December 2019

So the accusation is that reports of the resurrection are no more believable than today’s reports of Elvis and alien sightings, why accept the resurrection but reject these such facts?

Let’s take the Elvis sightings like Christ issue first. It is possible to find people who believe there is no body in Elvis’ Coffin or find people who believe that he rose from death. But no one has found evidence convincing enough to dig up the casket to see what it contains. Jesus’ tomb was demonstrably empty.

Elvis’ sightings are best explained by various opposing theories such as mistaken identity, especially since there are so many Elvis impersonators. 

It is also conceivable, though highly unlikely, that Elvis faked his death. All such explanations to account for Jesus’ resurrection fall through. 

The religio-historical context is also key. Elvis never claimed divinity — Jesus did; Elvis did not perform miracles — Jesus did; Elvis never predicted a/his resurrection — Jesus did 

Jesus vs Aliens

Ok extraterrestrials now. We can establish that multiple believers, even a couple of hard-core sceptics (James and Paul)  believe that the risen Jesus had appeared to them. No good reason exists for doubting the testimonies of the disciples. Additionally the tomb was empty. These even occurred within the historical context of Jesus’ claims, his miracles, and the probable existence of God. There are no plausible explanations that can account for the known historical data. Therefore, Jesus’ resurrection is not only the most plausible explanation to account for the known data, it also fits in the context charged with theological significance that increases its evidence as well as explanatory power.

Questionable eyewitness testimony

Eyewitness testimony of alien activity is often questionable on its own grounds. Plausible opposing theories abound to account for the phenomena (e.g. weather balloons, military aircraft, hallucinations, and poor reporting techniques). 

There is strong data from science that life elsewhere is extremely unlikely as talked about in our earlier defense on Jesus being accused of being an alien.

UFO testimonies often break the laws of nature in their reading so

• 1. You need to consider a more spiritual aspect
• 2. Reject the phenomena of material only held in scientism