Josh McDowell: Proof for the Risen Christ - CBN.com

Author Josh McDowell says that after more than 700 hours of studying Christ’s resurrection, he has come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is either one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless, hoaxes ever foisted or it is the most remarkable fact of history... The Christian Broadcasting Network CBN http://www.cbn.com

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[instereovideos]

Their "sidewalk interviews" aren't really making the case for "why rational people believe in the resurrection."

[crabbieappleton]

I'm curious as to his sources. They all seem to be based on the Bible. Aside from the Bible, who said the tomb was empty?

[MrWagman11]

@crabbieappleton I'm thinking the same thing.

[shellybirdy]

some really good stuff here

[msjessypp]

some sweet info here

[TheDesertwalker]

Most christians = nutballs.

[crabbieappleton]

@spireman50 I'm not sure where you're getting your information that the soldiers would have had orders "to facilitate." You and I must have very different ideas on how Rome treated its territories, the same Rome that would raze the Temple in 70 AD. Pilate may or may not have been weak (we don't have enough information on that), but I sincerely doubt he'd want his own superiors to think that he was putting Roman soldiers to work for the Jews.

[spireman50]

@crabbieappleton Of course the Roman Soldiers would not have assisted in the actual anointing itself but they would have had instructions to facilitate,( including organising the removal of the stone), the Jewish protocol and ritual. Remember , Pilate was very aware of the unease and he did not wish to rock any political or religious boats. The three women would have carried out the anointing and the stone would have been replaced. Any potential crisis thus averted.

[crabbieappleton]

@spireman50 Oh, I don't disagree with Pilate's political difficulties, but since the Sanhedrin supposedly put Jesus to death, I cant' imagine they'd be agitating to have the body anointed, and I doubt Rome would want its soldiers so employed. Would soldiers be on hand to help with all the anointings?

And this still leaves the question of who was going to move the stone.

[spireman50]

@crabbieappleton Pilate was under enormous pressure to quell the unrest in the region. That was why he was so anxious to appease the Sanhedrin. Also he acquiesed to the the burial of Jesus in the tomb before the setting sun as was the Jewish ritual at the time. He certainly was not going to refuse this harmless anointing ritual and risk further unrest. This anointing would have ended the matter peacefully. However instead of being the end....it was the beginning.

[crabbieappleton]

@spireman50 Allowing, I agree, but while they are not here to interfere with Jewish Ritual, they're also not there to enable it. Why would a group of Roman soldiers help to move this posited enormous stone for some Jewish women when it's not their job to do so? So, we're still left with how these women were going to move this massive stone.