Epstein may not have committed suicide but you should apply a similar standard when evaluating other events like the Resurrection.
Who stole the body? Who had any motive to steal it?
How is the necrophile gang stealing Jesus' body from a tomb guarded by Roman soldiers more plausible than Jesus resurrecting? Ever heard of Occam's Razor?
Paul's conversion is documented in his own writings and the New Testament, which indicate a rational and coherent thought process. There is no evidence that he was mentally ill.
There were many witnesses to who claimed to have seen the risen Jesus. The vast majority of historians accept as fact that the disciples believed Jesus had appeared to them, which led to their bold proclamations that He had risen from the dead. It would be a far greater miracle for entire groups of people in different mental states to undergo shared hallucinations on different occasions, in different places, and for different reasons.
Jesus' tomb was empty. That is evidence. Paul converted. That is also evidence.
I never said that the Bible was true.
The evidence I gave for the Resurrection is extra-biblical evidence.
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You don't need video evidence to be justified in believing something.
Also, it's irrational to reject the Bible or other religious texts as a valid source for evidence.
Paul's conversion is evidence for the resurrection. He persecuted and killed many Christians, but converted after he claimed to meet Jesus on the way to Damascus. He was eventually martyred. What could possibly explain his conversion?
Jesus was buried in a tomb. If he resurrected, we would expect that his body would not remain in the tomb, which is what was discovered on the Sunday morning after the Crucifixion. If Jesus' body was still in the tomb on the Day of Pentecost when Peter preached in Jerusalem, the Jewish leaders could have just grabbed Peter and taken him to the tomb to show that Jesus was in still in the tomb. Instead, the Jewish leaders invented the idea that the disciples stole the body.
The Christian church rests on the resurrection of Jesus. Christianity would never have been able to get started if Jesus had not risen from the dead. Despite persecution the early Christian movement grew rapidly.
The ontological argument is only meant to provide evidence for the existence of a maximally great being. It doesn't identify that specific being.
There is evidence for the resurrection of Jesus (the empty tomb, Jesus' postmortem appearances, Paul's conversion, James' conversion etc.).
It may not be possible to prove God's existence like one proves a scientific fact, but it is more rational to believe in God's existence since it is based on evidence. Here's the ontological argument:
God is defined as a maximally great being.
1. It is possible that a Maximally Great Being exists.
2. A Maximally Great Being exists in some possible world.
3. If a Maximally Great Being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.
4. If a Maximally Great Being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
5. A Maximally Great Being exists in the actual world.
6. Therefore, a Maximally Great Being exists.
God is not bound by physical laws so He does not require a creator.
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