50%

of historical scholars concede that Jesus' follower had actual experiences of seeing him after his death.1

Virtually all trained secular and theist historians - who publish their views, agree that Jesus lived and died by crucifixion. And the vast majority concede that his disciples actually saw him after his death in some sense, though they can't explain it - or at least that whatever they saw wasn't a fabrication. They saw something... Contrary to claims by non scholarly skeptics (which are dismissed by the majority of scholarship), with over 20 independent sources just within the first 100 years, the historical evidence for the person and life of Jesus might be unparallel to any historical figure.

"In terms of the historical reference to noted persons in antiquity, this would represent a brevity without parallel"2 - Paul Barnett

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Historicity of Jesus

Evolutionary probabilities

I am convinced as a fact that they had apparitions. How you explain that is a separate issue, but it happened; they are not making it up, it's not hallucinations"3

John Cossan, atheist historical scholar

" We can say with complete certainity that some of his disciples at some later time insisted that... he soon appeared to them, convincing them that he had been rasied from the dead"4

Bart Earhman, atheist historical scholar

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1 Gary R. Habermas, On the Resurrection: Evidences, pg 94

2 Paul Barnett, The Birth of Christianity, pg, 210

3 Crossan and Wright Resurrections of Jesus, pg 33

4 Bart Ehrman. Apocalyptic Prophet, pg 231

Jesus Died

This is the most historically recognized fact accepted by virtually all trained historical scholars. It is highly historical and multiply attested by Biblical narratives (which are actually classified by scholars as Greco-Roman biographies) as well as 12 extra biblical sources (Roman histories, Jewish histories and others accounts.

'It's a matter of public record" - Bart Erman

The disciples had real

This is the most historically recognized fact accepted by virtually all trained historical scholars. It is highly historical and multiply attested by Biblical narratives (which are actually classified by scholars as Greco-Roman biographies) as well as 12 extra biblical sources (Roman histories, Jewish histories and others accounts.

'It's a matter of public record" - Bart Erman

The disciples

This is the most historically recognized fact accepted by virtually all trained historical scholars. It is highly historical and multiply attested by Biblical narratives (which are actually classified by scholars as Greco-Roman biographies) as well as 12 extra biblical sources (Roman histories, Jewish histories and others accounts.

'It's a matter of public record" - Bart Erman

Their message

This is the most historically recognized fact accepted by virtually all trained historical scholars. It is highly historical and multiply attested by Biblical narratives (which are actually classified by scholars as Greco-Roman biographies) as well as 12 extra biblical sources (Roman histories, Jewish histories and others accounts.

'It's a matter of public record" - Bart Erman

Jesus' brother James

This is the most historically recognized fact accepted by virtually all trained historical scholars. It is highly historical and multiply attested by Biblical narratives (which are actually classified by scholars as Greco-Roman biographies) as well as 12 extra biblical sources (Roman histories, Jewish histories and others accounts.

'It's a matter of public record" - Bart Erman

Paul, an enemy of Christ,

This is the most historically recognized fact accepted by virtually all trained historical scholars. It is highly historical and multiply attested by Biblical narratives (which are actually classified by scholars as Greco-Roman biographies) as well as 12 extra biblical sources (Roman histories, Jewish histories and others accounts.

'It's a matter of public record" - Bart Erman

Disciples reports and teaching took place in Jerusalem
The work of Lazzaro Spallanzani and Louis Pasteur prove that life cannot spontaneously be generated from non-life.
That the earliest Christians assemblied
Nature is extremely fragile in that if it even varied slightly results would be catastrophic. This points to an intelligence and purpose behind nature.
The gospel message centered around the death and resurrection of Jesus
A strong scientific reason why there is no evidence for evolution in either the present or the past is because one of the most fundamental laws of nature precludes it: The second law of thermodynamics
Jesus was buried in a Private Tomb
Louis Pasteur conducted experiments that scientifically proved life cannot come from non-life.
The Disciples were bereaved and hopeless
So much of the natural order is not functional for survival. This decidedly disproves Darwinism which is completely dependent on the theory that all life is adaptive.
The tomb was most likely found empty
There are no 2, 3, 4 or 5 cell organisms that would give us any indication of molecular evolution. Life only goes from single cell to complex life forms.
Disciples reports and teaching took place in Jerusalem
The work of Lazzaro Spallanzani and Louis Pasteur prove that life cannot spontaneously be generated from non-life.
That the earliest Christians assemblied
Nature is extremely fragile in that if it even varied slightly results would be catastrophic. This points to an intelligence and purpose behind nature.
The gospel message centered around the death and resurrection of Jesus
A strong scientific reason why there is no evidence for evolution in either the present or the past is because one of the most fundamental laws of nature precludes it: The second law of thermodynamics
Jesus was buried in a Private Tomb
Louis Pasteur conducted experiments that scientifically proved life cannot come from non-life.
The Disciples were bereaved and hopeless
So much of the natural order is not functional for survival. This decidedly disproves Darwinism which is completely dependent on the theory that all life is adaptive.
The tomb was most likely found empty
There are no 2, 3, 4 or 5 cell organisms that would give us any indication of molecular evolution. Life only goes from single cell to complex life forms.

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