There you go! It’s that time of year again — Facebook gets invaded by religious people from every corner celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. Dimwitted religious folks who insist on repeating the traditions their parents stuck in their heads when they were kids, now gathering in temples around the world to celebrate the Tooth Fairy who “came back from the dead.”
It’s interesting how religious people argue about this event, and I have to admit there are several reasons that might even make me believe Christ’s resurrection is really a historical fact, but thank goodness I’m not an ignorant, hard-headed person who swallows any nonsense.
Well, let’s do a fun exercise — I’ll reason through these ideas with you. Here are three solid reasons to believe Jesus came back from the dead, which I don’t believe because I’m not a weak-minded idiot.
1 - The tomb was empty
Jesus was publicly executed and buried in a tomb in the city of Jerusalem. I mean, these are verifiable facts that happened in front of people! And with the Roman and Israelite authorities totally against Jesus, this whole Christianity tall tale could have been destroyed real quick. The only thing they had to do was go to the tomb and publicly show his body (which they certainly tried to do).
But nobody could, because the body had disappeared! The empty tomb is a pretty convincing fact for me to believe in the resurrection, which I’m never going to do, because I’m not an idiotic feeble-mind.
2 - He appeared to many people after his death
Well, hundreds of people claimed they encountered the resurrected Jesus. Which is completely insane!
The apostle Paul was one of them — and he gave up an enviable life full of privileges in exchange for being imprisoned, beaten, stoned, going hungry, and traveling thousands of kilometers to proclaim that Jesus came back from the dead… until Paul himself was executed for doing it. Seems a bit crazy that he’d go through all that if he knew it was all a creation of his own head.
And Jesus’ disciples — all of them said they encountered Jesus alive after the crucifixion. And all of them held that account as truth their whole lives, even going through bloody tortures and horrific deaths. Remember they could literally have stopped all of it simply by denying that Jesus rose.
That’s another strong reason to believe they weren’t lying, and that they really did see the resurrected Christ with their own eyes and knew He was Lord and Savior, but I can’t accept that, because I’m not a weak-mind or a little robot manipulated by the Bible.
3 - Christianity expanded absurdly
Jesus’ death should have literally killed Christianity. Like, OK, enough of Jesus, enough of Christianity. Seems simple.
Especially in a culture where believing in and worshiping someone who came back from the dead was one of the lowest crimes. But what actually happened?
Well, starting in the very place where he was crucified, hundreds of people started saying they saw him come back from the dead — and so, Christianity exploded and new believers began appearing exponentially.
Now, if you stop to think about it, the only thing that could really have moved hundreds or thousands of people to tell everyone they literally saw the resurrected Christ with their own eyes, and that they would rather risk the most severe punishments than deny the story, is that they knew it was true. Seriously, think about that for a bit.
I’m so happy not to be religious, or to have a low IQ, or to be a follow-the-crowd type, because if I were, I’d surely rethink my position. But if I do that I’d be one of those wishy-washy, emotion-driven, little believers.
So there you have them. Three pretty strong reasons, right? I told you. They’re super solid. I feel sorry for these weak-minds who believe in this so easily. If you believe in this, you’re definitely one of those weak-minded, incapable-of-reasoning, hilarious believers.
I, on the other hand, am none of that, and that’s why I don’t believe any of it. I’m so happy nobody ever brainwashed me, or these arguments would probably sound like evidence.
This text is sarcasm. If you can’t understand sarcasm, I recommend you watch a little of The Big Bang Theory ;)
Text freely adapted from http://babylonbee.com/news/3-totally-solid-reasons-believe-jesus-came-back-dead-dont-believe-im-not-weak-minded-moron/