A Reply to Jesusfan2009 on the Resurrection of Jesus

I saw your long tweet on the resurrection of Jesus as being the only means by which the accounts of the Gospel and Christianity could make sense. IF the Gospels were right about Jesus life, messages and resurrection, and the apostles were ruthlessly persecuted. The only way Christianity could still spring off, was if the Resurrection was true.

At first sight, one would be puzzled by the blatant violation of the laws of nature. If a man has being confirmed to be death, what reason is there to believe that he would come back to life?? Why should we expect gravity to quit or animals to talk or man to sprout wings and fly or an apple tree produce yam?? NO REASON because that is in the realm of MAGIC! And magic is unjustifiable.

Ancient documents do not shy from such magical tales such as the lIiad. Rather it was a literal device. One simply needs to flesh out the natural story from the mystical mumbojumbo. Given the fact that its a religious book does not help matters. Its not unusual for "holy books" including the Vedas and the Quran to give accounts of the most unusual things, such as splitting the moon or a sea or literally move mountains. These don't correspond with any natural principle. And its unfortunate most religions rely on these books as their foundation.

The testimonies of the Gospel writers is unfortunately based on hearsay. None of them happened to have been one of the disciples of Jesus, it would be pure conjecture to conclude that they were part of the numerous followers with Jesus. Their accounts were written in Greek not in the native Jewish language. Substantial period of time had lapsed between his purported death and the writing of the first Gospel (Mark at about AD60).

Therefore, coupled with heightened religious fervour; the resultant effect is an ineffective historical account. This could count for the "supernatural" occurrences; the miracles, virgin birth, resurrection of the dead. Also an harmonisation of all the Gospel accounts is impossible. There are numerous contradictions between the Gospels as to the events leading to his crucifixion, at his tomb, at his birth.. The Gospels are not effective as a result.

Prior to the Council of Nicaea, there were numerous Christian movements with very different doctrines and beliefs among themselves, backed up various different religious texts. Some gulfs go as far as Jesus being a regular man and creation of God. Many didn't believe in Resurrection. Some engaged in cannibalism under literal understanding of communion.

The Council of Nicaea established a universal Christian doctrine with established religious texts such as the Gospels, banishing and persecuting divergent views such as the Arians. By the arbitrary will of Law, Christianity as we know it was created. The Gospels were selected arbitrarily since it favoured the present Universal Church.

The implications include the loss of the true teachings of Jesus/Yeshua, the Flood of Greek civilization and culture might have destroyed the true understanding of the Jesus/Yeshua's teachings. Just like today, we in a modern context have a different understanding of the bible. At the end of the day, Jesus might have been beheaded rather than crucified. He might not have died at all.

To fully understand Jesus, all the books ever written about him should be pooled together and understood. That includes gnostic texts.