Ok, I'm just not accustomed to Christians providing evidence that refutes their own religion.
As I said when the question was asked there is not any evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. We have to then look to the circumstantial and indirect evidence to see if there is any truth to the claims.
What circumstantial and indirect evidence for these claims can be found outside of your religion?
So first we can establish an empty Tomb. Then we have to decide what happened to the body.
It isn't just a case of a stolen body.
I think you just dont want it to be a case of a stolen body. That would obviously render your whole religion false.
There were guards on the tomb.
That fact could have been easily added later steve.
The high priests had already notified Pilot of the claims that Jesus would rise from the dead. So a seal was placed on the Tomb door stating no one could attempt to interfere with the body or go near the tomb. Two guards were placed at the tomb door. But still the body was gone and the tomb was empty.
Other indirect evidence is how the disciples began to preach about the empty tomb and the resurrection of Jesus after they had seen Him..
Which particular Gospel do you accept regarding the resurrection?
And how is this indirect evidence? This is direct "evidence" from believers, found no where else except from within your own religion.
No one disputed this but rather made up the story that someone had stolen Christs body as a way to account for the empty tomb.
What if I claimed that my car shot vertical into the sky like a rocket and dissapeared, the evidence is my car is missing and there is an empty car park. There was a guard at the gate. None of my friends disputed my story but rather made up the story that someone had stolen my car as a way to account for the empty carpark.
Would you accept my bizarre story and dismiss that the possibility of my car simply being stolen as a made up story?
The disciples also became bold and courageous from their quite and unsure selves. They stood up and proclaimed the resurrection of Jesus and were willing to die for this. This happen soon after the claims of His resurrection. So either they worked themselves up into a delusion which caused them to be irrational or they truly believed that Jesus had resurrected after seeing Him. But somehow if they knew it was all false someone in their right mind couldn't go to their death based on a lie.
All the evidence you have provided thus far has come from within your own religion, from believers who have a great desire to believe in these things, despite the lack of evidence or contradictory evidence. They have a worldview which depends on these things being true.
People can write stories about people which can become legendary over time, especially when it involves someone who was considered a great person.
We humans have a tendency to do that.
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