Well, my point was: where's the evidence that
God was responsible for the resurrection of Christ? It could be that Jesus was an alien with special powers who wanted to fulfill the OT prophecies as part of a vast social experiment. As intuitively implausible as this sounds (mostly because we've been inculcated with Judeo-Christian assumptions), how is it
more implausible than the traditional view? I want to see a strong inductive argument that answers this question.
Just as you can posit a God capable of violating the laws of nature, so could a proponent of the "alien theory" posit an advanced alien civilization that has discovered an efficient means of intergalactic travel. After all, we don't know all there is to know about physics, do we? I guess you could call my faux theory "alien of the gaps."
My friend, that is merely evidence that they
believed Jesus was who he said he was. Many people have died for many individuals you would call "false prophets."
By this logic, shouldn't we expect there to be
no evidence for the existence of God? Are you saying all arguments for the existence of God fail? If so, I agree.
Well, bear in mind that we don't have access to the subjective experiences of others
now, much less in the past. In other words, it could've been an act. Perhaps Jesus-the-alien is able to turn off his pain receptors at will; or, perhaps he doesn't have pain receptors, since he's able to use his powers to heal himself (and even to raise himself from the dead!). Of course, I don't believe Jesus was an alien (I hope I didn't give you guys the impression that this is what I believe). The point I'm really driving at is that the traditional Christian God hypothesis, as an explanation of the resurrection, is only one amongst a large number of equally plausible (or implausible, if you will) alternative hypotheses, so the resurrection
by itself can't really be used as an argument for the existence of Yahweh.
I appreciate you guys' responses, but can I just say: I really want to be able to post in General Apologetics. I'm not looking for start fights or to offend people. I just want to have some rousing discussions with theists who enjoy a good intellectual tussle.