Well, this is detracting what I'm getting at but in both cases no medical professional from our century examined the corpse lol
I don't mind for arguments sake sake Jesus was actually dead or even, in general, believing this part of history.
Ah, this is the bulk of what I'm getting at and I'm so glad you're intellectually honest.
So, is everything they say thereafter true?
I need to look at the claims made. If the person said he is a god and then raises someone from the dead, then this proves they have immense power(assuming it's not a hoax or trick). Can I classify someone with immense power as a omin-present, omni-potent, etc god? No, but we're getting there. This person may be, with the present information, more closely related to a polytheistic deity unless we examine what else he/she can do. However, if someone revived by themselves and says god did it or I am god, then this proves nothing. They don't logically follow. If they said they are hard to kill because they revived or whatnot, then this claim is certainly satisfied. My thoughts I explained here were precisely because I assumed they were directly related. However, if the only this we know is this person was raised from the dead, then I can think of many other logical options with equal weight. In other words, they'd have to be more verification. I need to examine every claim independently. I explain this in the bottom response.
I'm not saying this is what happened, but it is a possibility. Therefore, you cannot ignore it unless you have irrefutable deduced this cannot be the case. However, we cannot go to the past and there were no video cameras then, etc, it is left unsolved and a mystery. I understand that you have to make a choice because you soul is on the line but mine isn't. I don't believe in God, so I'm under no obligation and pressure to make a decision now or ever. This reminds me when I did jury service. The evidence was so circumstantial but they put it in the hands of jurors. We had to decide something or we couldn't go home lol, but here i'm not under pressure
You are deducing here that he had to be dead, but all I need is one example to show this may have not been the case. I think it's more likely than not he was actually dead, but I'm saying this is
not necessarily the case. And since your life, and mine apparently, rests on this information, I think it's appropriate to examine these sorts of things. Even today people are burred alive by mistake because they were thought dead. This actually happens. I can imagine how worse this is in the past considering their medical knowledge. They used to think blood letting healed diseases because the body was out of balance or some such nonsense.
I'm sure, but it's something to keep in mind. Fabrication is a thing, even in historical context. Perhaps there was someone called Jesus that was crucified and people saw him walking around after he was dead. Reviving from actual death(not burred alive by mistake) is not a common occurrence, at all, then this becomes more dubious than not. Therefore, it's important to look at other possibilities. We cannot examine what actually happened, so it's left to remain a mystery. Christians want to affirm it happened. Ok fine.
No worries
I'm just saying that resurrection already implies/conflates the idea of someone else doing it and external power if you will. So, it's kinda like the answer was given in the first place. Revive might be more appropriate, because then it gives more possibilities.
Ok, so I can think of numerous logical possibilities. Let's assume some random Joe
revived from being medically dead for three days. I might think it's a natural occurrence and something special to this individual or something not considered. There's actual an interesting movie on this particular topic -
The Man from Earth (2007) - IMDb. He was an immortal human - in the sense of not ageing and resisting disease and has faster healing, but he could die- that went through history and become known as many names. Even people made a religion from him
However, he didn't like what happened and now remains anonymous, etc. Sorry for the spoiler. Anyway, there's also the possibility of an advanced alien race or advanced technology doing it. We might think it's possible that some supernatural entity did it or powerful beings. This explain is more in the line of deities. So, take your pick or choose none at all and I find that answer equally as plausible.
