God Failed in his Duty as a Protector

"all these facts from the bible show reasons that might infer that Jesus was not crucified, but under no circumstances do they state that Jesus was never crucified. " This makes absolutely no sense. If Jesus was not crucified, then he was never crucified. Furthermore, the facts deal with a lot more than what my opponent seems to think. Moving on, my opponent said, "My opponent may have proved that Jesus was resurrected in a form other than that of a spirit but this goes a long way from proving that Jesus was never crucified. " This is not true. There is a lot more than that. The fact that Jesus did not arise as a spirit and desired food tells us that he was not crucified. I will, however, get deeper into the facts soon. -- Content -- • 1. Matthew 27:35-39 • 2. Passages proving alleged crucifixion wrong -- Elaboration -- • 1. Matthew 27:35-39 I agree that this passage says that Jesus was crucified. However, this does in no way make it obvious that the crucifixion took place. We must analyze why this was said, who said it, and so forth. I will prove that Matthew did, in fact, not always speak in first person, which is a very important point. [Matthew 9:9] "As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's booth. 'Follow me,' he told him, and Matthew got up and followed him. " Now, what do we see here? Matthew is talking about himself in third person. It is as if Mirza said to you that he has never debated with you, although he is writing a response to your debate right now. As you can see, I would probably never write that for real. I ask, why did Matthew write it that way? Why did he say, ". .. he saw a man named Matthew"? Would God inspire Matthew to ever do such a thing? He would not. This is a perfect explanation of why we cannot say that every verse of the Bible is a fact. This passage is clearly an alteration. Matthew was referred to as another person, yet there is no reason for that. Therefore, we have to question different verses and find out why they are not valid, while others are. • 2. Passages proving alleged crucifixion wrong [Matthew 12:40] "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. " Jesus will be at a hidden place for three days and three nights. What does this refer to? If Jesus was supposed to be on the cross publicly, why was he at a hidden place instead? [Luke 24:4-5] "While they were wondering about this, suddenly two men in clothes that gleamed like lightning stood beside them. (5)In their fright the women bowed down with their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, 'Why do you look for the living among the dead? '" Why did those people look for a dead Jesus, when he was alive? Two men came to testify that Jesus was alive, not dead. That is why they asked the women looked for a living person among the dead ones. The men did not talk about a resurrected person, but a living person [Matthew 27:64] ". .. This last deception will be worse than the first. " If read in context, we can see that the Jews actually doubted the crucifixion of Jesus, as they clearly knew that they committed a mistake by not assuring that Jesus died. [John 20:17] "Jesus said, "Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, 'I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God. '" Jesus told Mary Magdalene not to touch him. Why? Because he did not want to be harmed. Moreover, Jesus said that he has not yet returned to the Father, in an idiomatic way, which also means "I have not yet died" or "I am not dead yet. " If he was not dead, how could he have been crucified? This was at a point where people believed he was dead! Luke 24:20-24] "'About Jesus of Nazareth,' they replied. 'He was a prophet, powerful in word and deed before God and all the people. (20)The chief priests and our rulers handed him over to be sentenced to death, and they crucified him; (21)but we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. And what is more, it is the third day since all this took place. (22)In addition, some of our women amazed us. They went to the tomb early this morning (23)but didn't find his body. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. (24)Then some of our companions went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see. '" As we can read here, Jesus could not be found in the tomb. However, according to these people, the angels said that Jesus was alive. Notice the word "alive. " Jesus was not "resurrected" but alive. If he was resurrected, there is no doubt that angels, who are entirely pure, would ever hesitate to say that. What they ultimately did was to say that Jesus was alive, meaning that he was not dead nor resurrected. No matter which disciple said what, he can not be more right than the angels who are pure and sinless. [John 19:34] "Instead, one of the soldiers pierced Jesus' side with a spear, bringing a sudden flow of blood and water. " Had Jesus died on the cross instead of escaping death, his blood would not be able to flow freely at all. Without the heart pumping the blood, it eventually clots. When it clots, it hardly gushes out. Only gravity can help with that, but impossibly as much as what happened with Jesus as we see in the verse above. Even with gravity, the amount of blood that would come would be minimal. It would never turn into a flow of blood and water. I have lots of other arguments that invalidate the alleged crucifixion, but since my opponent cannot reply, I will not post more. Also, it is kind of disappointing that there was no refutation of the point that I made in earlier rounds. We could have gone deeper into the arguments. As for now, I will say that if my opponent wishes, he may challenge me to another debate on this topic and we will debate further. I have more arguments, but there is no need to post more when there will be no refutations. All in all, I let you readers judge. How could Jesus have been crucified when many passages say the contrary? How could witnesses be any more reliable than angels who said that he was alive? How can we know the authenticity level of the alleged crucifixion, when Mark - who was the first to record the crucifixion - was not even an eye witness? Where are the authentic prophecies of the crucifixion? My opponent does not make good arguments with a verse saying something. Even the disciples had different views, and also different records. Therefore, we cannot say that just because one passage in the NT says something then it is a fact. No, we cannot do that truthfully. I thank my opponent and I hope that the debate has been interesting to follow. -- References -- The Bible: . http://www.biblegateway.com... Further reading: . http://unveilingchristianity.wordpress.com...