God Is Imaginary - Proof 15

== "Proof" #15 - Examine Jesus' Resurrection ==
There are only a couple of main points to address in this one, so in the interests of space, I’ll copy and paste some key statements from MB and then give my responses. If you feel I’ve shorted MB by doing this, let me know and I’ll give you the full version response.
~~~~When we look at these Bible passages, there is a question that comes to mind -- why did Jesus stop making these appearances? Why isn't Jesus appearing today? ~~~~
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For the same reason miracles stopped. Faith comes by the word of God (Romans 10:17). The gospel is the power of God unto salvation (Romans 1:16) and it is the word that saves us (Eph. 5:26; James 1:21). God desires us to be convinced by the Bible, not by personal meetings with Jesus. This doesn’t contradict the concept of God, nor does it disprove God’s existence just because God doesn’t do things the way MB wants things to be done.
~~~~ As you think about this, you will realize that Paul's story in the Bible must be false. Simply look at Paul's story like any judge in a courtroom would. What Paul's story in 1 Cor 15 is suggesting is entirely unprecedented - a man dead three days with mortal wounds came back to life. Yet:
There is absolutely no evidence that the story is true, ~~~~
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Only the fact that a man who was a very educated zealot for the enemy of the church suddenly became one of its most powerful supporters, establishing many congregations throughout “Gentile” lands among people he once was racist towards (Jews and in particular Pharisees were bigots against non-Jews). Oh, and there is also the fact that Paul could do miracles and pass them on to others and the letters that he wrote that were so full of references to the Old Testament showing the harmony of both the OT and Jesus’ teachings that it is impossible to say he was just ‘making it up’.
MB doesn’t really do a great job of understanding his opponent and the straw arguments he makes are quickly burned away. [Which is why I’m able to go through these ‘proofs’ so fast.]
And then finally, MB shows a complete lack of understanding of what the phrase “free will” means.
~~~~ While we are on the topic of the resurrection, have you ever thought about how odd the whole crucifixion story is? Imagine the all-powerful, all-knowing creator of the universe sitting on his magnificent throne in heaven. He looks down onto earth and says to himself:
Those evil humans down on earth. I hate what they are doing. All this sin...
Since I am all-knowing I know exactly what the humans are doing and I understand exactly why they commit each sin. Since I created the humans in my own image and personally programmed human nature into their brains, I am the direct author of all of this sin. The instant I created them I knew exactly what would happen with every single human being right down to the nanosecond level for all eternity. If I didn't like how it was going to turn out, I could have simply changed them when I created them. And since I am perfect, I know exactly what I am doing. But ignore all that. I hate all these people doing exactly what I perfectly designed them to do and knew they would do from the moment I created them...
So here's what I am going to do. I will artificially inseminate a virgin. She will give birth to an incarnated version of me. The humans will eventually crucify and kill the incarnated me. That will, finally, make me happy. Yes, sending mself down and having the humans crucify me -- that will satisfy me. I feel much better now. ~~~~'''
I'll just leave that last part here to speak for itself.
In Truth and Love.