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It is a possibility, and perhaps for similar reasons to US Marines dumping Bin Ladens corpse at sea, to prevent a shrine and place of worship being created around his tomb. Seems to have backfired though if that is what happened.

If he was just recuperating, after a nasty ordeal, it would be necessary, or if they wanted to create the illusion that he had risen from the dead, it would be necessary to hide the corpse. You can't see past what you want to believe and accept that there are at least other possible...

Strange that we need theories to explain the shroud of Turin, which has no mention in history before the middle ages. Finding an empty tomb (if it occurred at all) means either he was never in it, he left it under his own steam, or was carried out of it. According to John he was wrapped in...

Like you or I standing in the street watching a Granny getting the shit kicked out of her, God stands by and just lets innocents suffer. We do not know for certain that they did, we just know that it is written in some of the Gospels. According to the Gospels you recognise, Jesus was on the...

Where did he come from?

Cop out. If your God is all powerful, he allows it at the very least.

I just want you to admit that you need faith, because there is no proof, instead you keep insisting that you have facts that prove it. I don't believe in magic, and if God wants me, he can talk to me directly, not via an old mistranslated book, and strange men in frocks. You Tube comments are...

Strange what some people conclude isn't it?

Yes, but we are not interested in your steps, you are like a shit Double Glazing Salesman, that has been trained to get the prospect to say "yes" 3 times in a row and then they will say "yes" when you put the clincher in front of them. Not at all, fiction writers put words in the mouths of...

Not that important, unless you collect Pokemom.

Bus load of Nuns goes over a Cliff, they all die and end up queuing outside the Pearly Gates with St. Peter. St. Peter asks the first Nun in the queue, as a bride of Christ, this is quite important, have you had any experience with a male "member". The Nun replies that she did once see Father...

What is your definition of "logically"? Logically, if God wanted me to know the truth, he would tell me, unless this is some sort of divine game of hide and seek. If it is important to him that I have to find the correct religion amongst the many red herrings, against reason, and by reading a...

How did they decide which were the correct ones?

Previously, you have said that these tales were handed on orally, and written down later, so not written by Matthew. If it is written by Mathew, why does he say "they" instead of "we" when referring to the disciples, and "him" and not "me" when referring to Matthew? Chinese whispers of Matthew...

So according to "John", he had to see it with his own eyes, he would not take the word of 10 others he knew well, and were there, but you are certain, without knowing who really wrote the Gospels.

You don't have a problem with faith being the reason a Palestinian activist has a fight for his homeland?

They did not break the legs of Jesus though, according to the Bible, and only John says he was stuck with a spear I believe. I think surviving crucifixion for 6 hours is a lot more credible than dying and resurrecting 3 days later. Maybe his disciples were convinced, I am certainly not though.

I am agnostic on whether all 12 believe they saw him, maybe a couple did and the rest didn't want to feel left out or have one of the others ruling the roost because they saw him when others did not, peer pressure to say they saw him when they did not. Assuming, and it is an assumption, that...

I have good evidence for the Holocaust and the Earth being largely spherical, but there are also some accepted scientific facts that I struggle to accept despite there being good evidence for it. What you are claiming is not as basic as whether Jesus lived or not, almost all have agreed it is...

A bit like the Brexit thread yes, but with less abuse, other parallels I shall keep to myself.