Considering the internal and external arguments for the resurrection of Christ, I don\u2019t ask anyone to look to one of these lines of evidence alone, but to consider the cumulative case. It is very impressive. If the resurrection indeed occurred, it would be hard to expect more evidence. In fact, what we would expect is exactly what we have.<\/p>\n
Of course, alternatives too each one of these could be and have been offered. Alternatives to many well established historical events have been offered as well, including the Holocaust, the landing on the moon, and the death of Elvis. However, in most cases the alternatives go against the obvious. The simplest explanation is always the best. The simplest explanation to the data here is that Christ\u00a0did<\/em>\u00a0rise from the grave. Those who deny the resurrection do so not on the basis of the evidence, but because they have other presuppositions that won\u2019t allow them to believe. The evidence is simply too strong.<\/p>\nI believe that any objective historian must look to the evidence for the resurrection of Christ and concluded that he is indeed risen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
C. Michael Patton\u2018s got a brief, but dense, defense of the resurrection, leading him to this conclusion: Considering the internal and external arguments for the resurrection of Christ, I don\u2019t ask anyone to look to one of these lines of evidence alone, but to consider the cumulative case. It is very impressive. If the resurrection […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[478],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resurrection"],"yoast_head":"\n
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