Comments on: Did Jesus really rise from the dead? http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/did-jesus-really-rise-from-the-dead an online magazine for spiritual seekers Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:56:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: moose http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/did-jesus-really-rise-from-the-dead/comment-page-1#comment-6179 moose Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:52:23 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=556#comment-6179 Steve, It's just a question I asked since Fr.Joe who wrote the article claims that the greatest proof of Christ's resurrection are the witness accounts of those who saw the risen Christ. I'm not an Islamic scholar but I assume that there are accounts of his early followers who also sacrificed their lives in the belief that Mohammed was the true prophet. It has been shown in many cases that eye witness accounts are very unreliable without any indication that the witness is lying. It appears that you choose to believe the Christian doctrine of the risen Christ and ignore the Muslim belief that Mohammed is God/Allah's true prophet. This is understandable if you are born and raised in the faith but not much proof of the risen Christ. Steve,
It’s just a question I asked since Fr.Joe who wrote the article claims that the greatest proof of Christ’s resurrection are the witness accounts of those who saw the risen Christ.
I’m not an Islamic scholar but I assume that there are accounts of his early followers who also sacrificed their lives in the belief that Mohammed was the true prophet.
It has been shown in many cases that eye witness accounts are very unreliable without any indication that the witness is lying.
It appears that you choose to believe the Christian doctrine of the risen Christ and ignore the Muslim belief that Mohammed is God/Allah’s true prophet.
This is understandable if you are born and raised in the faith but not much proof of the risen Christ.

]]> By: Steve http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/did-jesus-really-rise-from-the-dead/comment-page-1#comment-6171 Steve Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:04:43 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=556#comment-6171 Sorry Moose, but I do not see the connection. The argument above is "for" the resurrection, not against other religions. However, there is a big difference between the fervor of the disciples and the fervor of early Muslims. For one thing, all but one of the apostles died proclaiming that they saw and interacted with someone who had died. St. Bartholomew had his skin cut off. People don't take lies that far... The fervor of the Muslims is irrelevant because it does not prove or provide evidence for anything about the Islamic faith. The Islamic fervor has nothing to do with first-hand accounts of miracles, whereas the the early Christians proclaimed that a man who publicly died later rose. Sorry Moose, but I do not see the connection.

The argument above is “for” the resurrection, not against other religions. However, there is a big difference between the fervor of the disciples and the fervor of early Muslims. For one thing, all but one of the apostles died proclaiming that they saw and interacted with someone who had died. St. Bartholomew had his skin cut off. People don’t take lies that far…

The fervor of the Muslims is irrelevant because it does not prove or provide evidence for anything about the Islamic faith. The Islamic fervor has nothing to do with first-hand accounts of miracles, whereas the the early Christians proclaimed that a man who publicly died later rose.

]]> By: moose http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/did-jesus-really-rise-from-the-dead/comment-page-1#comment-6169 moose Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:34:09 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/beta2008/wp/?p=556#comment-6169 If the fervor and belief of early christians considered the "greatest proof" that Jesus did rise from the dead than why isn't the fervor and belief of early muslims considered proof that Mohammed is the true prophet? We can't have both, can we? If the fervor and belief of early christians considered the “greatest proof” that Jesus did rise from the dead than why isn’t the fervor and belief of early muslims considered proof that Mohammed is the true prophet?
We can’t have both, can we?

]]>