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'Resurrections'?

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Christians, WHY do you believe bible tales claiming that long-dead bodies came back to life and went to town or flew away into the sky?

Do you believe similar tales told elsewhere?
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Zzyzx wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2026 4:27 pm Christians, WHY do you believe bible tales claiming that long-dead bodies came back to life and went to town or flew away into the sky?
The Bible tells:

Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and having come forth out of the tombs after his rising, they went into the holy city, and appeared to many.
Matt. 27:51-53

I believe that because:
1) the bodies are not found in their tombs anymore.
2) the Bible is otherwise convincing enough for me to believe also that happened.
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1213 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2026 1:04 am [I believe that because:
1) the bodies are not found in their tombs anymore.
2) the Bible is otherwise convincing enough for me to believe also that happened.
1) There are many empty tombs. Does that indicate MANY 'resurrections'?

2) Is the bible convincing enough for you to believe: tales of stars falling to Earth, animals conversing in human language, a woman turning into salt, a man living inside a fish for days, the sun stopping overhead for a day, bears mauling boys for calling someone Baldy, dead people coming out of graves and going to town, or a dead Jewish preacher coming back to life and levitating into the sky.
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Zzyzx wrote: ↑Sun Aug 23, 2026 8:57 am 1) There are many empty tombs. Does that indicate MANY 'resurrections'?

2) Is the bible convincing enough for you to believe: tales of stars falling to Earth, animals conversing in human language, a woman turning into salt, a man living inside a fish for days, the sun stopping overhead for a day, bears mauling boys for calling someone Baldy, dead people coming out of graves and going to town, or a dead Jewish preacher coming back to life and levitating into the sky.
1) That the bodies are not found, could be, because they had risen.

2) I believe what is said in the Bible.
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