The Unapologetic Apologia

Well maybe they were lying?
If they were making it up or lying, then again refer back to the evidences against the Conspiracy and Mythic theory. It just does NOT work. So the question still remains unanswered. What would cause them to claim that they saw a man who was once dead alive again later?
Well how about The Argument from Silence Theory: is that if such an event actually happened, it would be mentioned in every historic text and because it hasn’t, it means it’s not true.
This theory is laughable and only make sense if the one using this argument doesn’t know how some of the same methods used for determining history apply here. OR they just don’t like what they perceive to be Christianity and will say anything to refute the evidence.
A quick rebuttal are these points.
•  Herod Archelaus slaughter of Jews in the temple, and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius has no source -other than Josephus the Jewish historian born around 37AD. But it historically did happen based on the little evidence we have.
• There is no Carthaginian or contemporary sources of Hannibal Barca (the Carthaginian general) crossing his army on war elephants across the Alps into Rome. But it is a historical fact it occurred.
• There are no sources for Alexander the Great until 350 years after his death, and limited sources at that, despite him being a very recognizable figure in history who indeed existed.
• Marco Polo in his writings never mentions the Great Wall of China, despite there obviously being The Great Wall of China.
• Nero’s Scapegoating and Persecution of Christians After the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD comes almost entirely from one brief passage in Tacitus’ Annals written 115–117 AD. And yet guess what it happened.
• Ulysses S. Grant doesn’t mention the Emancipation Proclamation in his writings about the Civil War, and yet… well you probably get the picture by now.
Would these events also be grounds for immediate dismissal as never happened or didn’t exist? Well maybe it does, because there is still a large conglomerate online insist that Jesus is a mythical figure, despite all the evidence. I use a certain hostility towards ignorant dismissal of truth, because it’s this, that has lead us into the world in which we live. I said before and I’ll continue again, truth is irrelevant in our time. Feelings trump evidence and “I feel like” is the new “the truth is”.

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