Is The Evidence of Christ’s Resurrection Really Proof?

Increasingly, opponents of the Christian faith deny, mock and disregard any evidences that the Bible is accurate and that Jesus Christ rose again from the grave. In a comment made to one of my recent posts,[1] where I asserted that there is more proof that Jesus rose from that grave than that Alexander the Great ever lived, someone said, “The author’s idea of proof must be different than mine.” The “idea of proof” ought to be universal. In fact, there are legally allowable evidences of proof that are (as far as I am aware) universally accepted in courts of law.

In the 1800’s Simon Greenleaf, a principle founder of the Harvard School of Law put the resurrection of Christ to the test using the rules of evidence administered by the Courts of Justice. More recently Robert Edwards[2] applied modern rules of evidence to the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In his work Is Simon Greenleaf Still Relevant?[3] Edwards does a fantastic job of reviewing and explaining the work of Greenleaf and applying those modern rules.

I suggest that, before a person can rightfully reject the proofs of Christ resurrection, he or she must honestly consider those proofs. Besides Edwards’ work cited above, I also recommend the sincere soul should read Josh McDowell’s work, Evidence That Demands a Verdict.[4]

Marvin McKenzie

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[1] https://niume.com/post/234388

[2] http://www.creationstudies.org/edwards-bio.html, accessed 1-25-17

[3] http://www.creationstudies.org/Education/simon_greenleaf.html, accessed 1-25-17

[4] http://www.gracechapelsomd.org/books/The_New_Evidence_That_Demands_A_Verdict.pdf