He never really died, he only appeared that way. After going through what he did, he fell into a coma, which to the people back then looked like he was dead. So when he awoke days later, he came out of the coma.
Yeah, you know as a kid I always heard these stories about how jesus rose from the dead, right?
Eventually I read the bible. I really read it, particular the gospels. I read it dozens of times, and read several different translations.
And one thing that really struck me when I read it, was how clear the gospels were about the fact that nobody had convincing evidence that he was dead!
They saw him collapse on the cross. They saw fluid come out of him. People poked at him. It's been years since I read it, so I don't remember the details now, but as an older child I was like - wait, what? Your own books basically show that no one knew for sure that he was dead! They took him down off the cross and placed him in a cave - its not even like he was buried alive. He slept it off in a cave.
I don't know who pushed back that stone, but seriously jesus obviously just went into a coma, or a trance, or a deep sleep, and eventually gathered his strength for an amazing (but not miraculous) recovery from a near death experience.
The way christians talk about it, I was fully expecting the bible to be really clear about some amazing alleged evidence of jesus' resurrection. Instead it was pretty clear about the fact that there was no evidence of actual death.
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massagetrade
on Wed 04/01/15 01:50 AM
