Today, millions are saying “He is risen!” and echoing back, “He is risen indeed!”
As Christians, we don’t have blind faith. Our “faith“ or, “trust“, is based on the facts of history.
If you’re going to proclaim, “He is risen indeed!”—know that you’re standing on the most well-attested event in ancient history.
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“Today, millions are saying “He is risen!” and echoing back, “He is risen indeed!”
“As Christians, we don’t have blind faith. Our “faith“ or, “trust“, is based on the facts of history.”
“The resurrection is rooted in Scripture and confirmed by solid historical facts both inside and outside the Bible.”
“If you’re going to proclaim, “He is risen indeed!”—know that you’re standing on the most well-attested event in ancient history.””
facts of history
Historical facts: the temples, stelae, statues, artifacts etc commissioned/owned by Ramses II. He having a DNA-analysable body does his existence case no harm whatsoever. Archaeologists - who only deal in Facts - have proven he existed. No ‘Faith’ required: because it’s not allowed in that field of historical study. I only accept proven facts. Now prove that your J-boy actually existed with the same amount of forensic evidence: certainly that only accepted in a court of law, and since Kitzmiller vs. Dover refused to accept your so-called ‘Scripture’ as admissible in a court of law.
We’ll wait.
<@C.A.Collins > #222738
Oh sorry, he died in good Friday and rose on Easter. Again I understand why Easter lands where it does. It just shows that Christianity chose existing celebrations for their holidays so it was easier to convert people. Let them keep their celebrations just change the meaning. You would think that a day as important as the death and resurrection of Jesus would have been recorded and they would know the exact date. That's what bothers me.
@Creativerealms #222752
they would know the exact date.
That is an odd assumption. It seems far more reasonable that the Easter complex, as the oldest holidays of Christianity originating when it was still a sect of Judaism, has retained the lunar calendar/link to Passover logic, unlike later holidays originating after it split for good and became romanised.
@Creativerealms #222752
By what calendar would they have recorded the date? I'm seriously not understanding what the issue is that we don't have a set date on the Gregorian Calendar.
If I remember correctly, Herod died 3 or 4 years BCE, so the people translating dates from one usage to another screwed the pooch there, too.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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