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If Jesus resurrected, then Christianity is true.

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1) Jesus never died
2) The body was stolen
3) People were hallucinating
4) It is a legend
5) It happened

All historical accounts affirm he died. He was crucified & stabbed, very unlikely to survive. Pilate verified he died. No one at the time disputed he died.

What if someone stole his body? The location of the tomb was well-known, a large stone was rolled in front with a Roman seal, a trained Roman unit of up to 16 soldiers was guarding it, and the city was overflowing with Passover pilgrims who would've been witnesses. If the guards failed, they would've been executed. Bribery would've led to failure and execution. Neither the Romans nor Jewish leaders wanted the body to be tampered with. The disciples had no real reason to try to steal it and defile the body of their teacher while breaking Jewish religious law. The gospel accounts embarrassingly admit women first told the apostles about the empty tomb, which indicates honesty. If anyone showed Jesus' body, Christianity would've never existed.

What if people hallucinated Jesus resurrected? It is inconceivable that hundreds of people of average soundness of mind should suddenly experience all sorts of sensuous impressions, and that all these experiences should rest entirely upon hallucination.

Is it a legend? Legends don't develop while eyewitnesses are alive to refute them, but a creed mentioning the resurrection existed within only a few years. Legends aren't supported by critical historical and archaeological research. The legend theory doesn't explain the sudden courage of the apostles, who were scared, hid, and denied they knew Jesus, nor their bold preaching of his resurrection to the point of torture and death. Even the Talmud by Jesus' rivals says he was a real man who was killed for sorcery and apostasy. Virtually all historians agree that Jesus was a real man and reject the myth theory.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhl72lK_4iA&t=98