Objection · Case 02 · Resurrection of Christ
Legends can form in days. Look how fast stories spread about Elvis being alive or about miracles at modern shrines. Why assume legends need generations?
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Response
Rumors can form quickly; that is granted. What does not form quickly is a fixed, formal creed listing named witnesses, received by a former persecutor from the leaders in Jerusalem, and preached in the face of death by people in a position to know better. Elvis sightings were never endorsed by his family or his manager, none of whom suffered for them, and the rumors faded. The resurrection tradition was affirmed by Jesus’s own brother and by the people who had buried him, and it did not fade under persecution. The comparison shows how different the two cases are.
About this exhibit
This objection is to Legend that grew over time.
The claim here is that resurrection belief was not there at the start but built up slowly as the story was retold over the years. The strongest form of this view is that stories do tend to grow with…
Under Claim 05: A real resurrection is the best explanation of the facts.