What's Up Heathens! Today we are discussing 5 historical facts about the resurrection of Jesus with a couple of Christians that do not know how to do historical studies. Don't worry though because
that's what I'm here to do, correct them.
First, these two guys start off by talking about how the entirety of Christianity resides on the resurrection of Jesus. This is actually a concept from Paul but Christ didn't have to die and resurrect for Christianity to have developed. Plenty of other religions have come and gone that had no truth to them either. Christianity is not special.
Then he proceeds to explain the gospels as independent accounts of Jesus which isn't true. Mark is the only real independent Gospel IF you don't consider the influences of Paul. Paul didn't write about an earthly ministry or any of the other things in the Gospel of Mark so that's why I'm fine with agreeing that Mark is an independent source. The other Gospels are not independent.
The first fact that he says all historians agree on is that Jesus died. I agree that most NT Scholars are fine with this but to characterize Mythicists as the crackpots that are the only ones that think he didn't die. Muslims also don't think he died. They think Jesus was a prophet and was born of a virgin and other stuff as well as assimilated into heaven. So, Mythicists are not the only ones that think this.
Another fact they claim is that Jesus received a burial. This only grounded in the gospels and there is no historical evidence to support this idea. His third fact of the empty tomb is only grounded in the Gospel which again is not based on historical facts.
Their other 'facts' are still just based on the bible and this entire video boils down to an appeal to authority.
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Who was Apostle Paul? Paul the Apostle (Latin: Paulus), commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus was an apostle (though not one of the Twelve Apostles) who taught the gospel of Christ to the first century world. Paul is generally
considered one of the most important figures of the Apostolic Age and in the mid-30s to the mid-50s AD he founded several churches in Asia Minor and Europe. He took advantage of his status as both a Jew and a Roman citizen to minister to both Jewish and Roman audiences. According to writings in the New Testament and prior to his conversion, Paul was dedicated to persecuting the early disciples of Jesus in the area of Jerusalem. In Acts, Paul was traveling on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus on a mission to 'arrest them and bring them back to Jerusalem' when the resurrected Jesus appeared to him in a great light. He was struck blind, but after three days his sight was restored by Ananias of Damascus and Paul began to preach that Jesus of Nazareth is the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God.
What is Resurrection? Resurrection is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of ancient religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and resurrects. The death and resurrection of Jesus, an example of resurrection, is the central focus of
Christianity. As a religious concept, it is used in two distinct respects: a belief in the resurrection of individual souls that is current and ongoing (Christian idealism, realized eschatology), or else a belief in a singular resurrection of the dead at the end of the world. The resurrection of the dead is a standard eschatological belief in the Abrahamic religions.