Does Forensic Science Debunk The Resurrection Of Christ?

[SkyChief]

I say yes. Science easily debunks the (NT) claim that Christ wandered the Earth for 40 days after arising from death.

It is simply not possible for a person to become re-animated after death. Rigor mortis occurs within two to six hours after death, but Jesus was entombed for THREE DAYS before the angel pushed back the stone door and freed him.

A Christian friend argued that there was a possibility that Jesus was only "pretending" to be dead or possibly he was comatose from the excruciating pain, so it appeared that he 'arose from the dead' when he really didn't. There's a possibility that Jesus might have been buried alive, and he simply regained consciousness.

Of course, this is the classic Russel's Teapot argument - suggest that some event occurred and then say well, you can't prove that it didn't happen, so we must accept it.

So I conceded.

[Donray]

[Replying to post 1 by SkyChief]

Nothing can debunk the resurrection of Christ, just as nothing can debunk the idea of Intelligent Design being involved in the creation of all things. Can Science explain exactly how the universe came into existence? Can it explain how the first living cell came to be out of non-living matter? Can it explain exactly how life began? Any honest person would say "no." This leaves room for the contemplation of the possibility of an Intelligent Designer.

So, if an Intelligent Designer, a Creator, brought the entire universe and living things on this planet into being, why is it so difficult to imagine that this Creator can bring back a man from the dead?

If the Creator cannot, all mankind that has ever lived is without hope. But we have received a guarantee, because Christ was raised from the dead, that we also will be raised up after our own deaths, at the time of the Resurrection "in the last day." (John 6:40)

You do know that you need to prove that the bible is a scientific text for you to use it? It is not known that a god created the universe through the use of magic and it is not definitely know that Jesus was resurrected.

So, Jesus was a zombie? What proof do you have that a dead body can be reactivated after 3 days of decay. Why do know what a body looks like after decaying for three days? No one would have recognized Jesus. But I guess you will bring up that your sky wizard can do anything. It is all magic and no one can disprove the wizard magic.

[SkyChief]

In any case, Jesus was resurrected as a spirit not as a human again (1 Peter 3:18 "he being put to death in the flesh, but being made alive in the spirit"). God does not need his DNA only his memory.

rigor mortis: the progressive stiffening of the muscles that occurs several hours after death as a result of the coagulation of the muscle protein. - Webster's New World Dictionary

After being brought back from the dead, Jesus was very much "alive":

After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. [Acts 1:3]

Acts 1:3 tells us that Jesus returned as a man with flesh and a beating heart.

Jesus 2.0 wandered for 40 days and appeared to more than 500 people on 12 different occasions. . . As an apparition? . . . No, in the flesh.

He is not here, for he has risen, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay.[Matthew 28:6]

If Jesus was only brought back in spirit, then his body [strike]would[/strike] could have remained in the tomb wrapped in burial cloth.

[Avoice]

Are you sure it was 40 days?

[Willum]

[Replying to post 1 by SkyChief]

One does not usually have to disprove nonsense or fairytales.
One needs to prove them.
What reason does anyone have to believe a man came from the dead? There is none.

But in this case resurrection can be disproven. You know there were two others who were supposedly resurrected? Their biographies and such should be required reading in schools, even today. THEY AREN’T. They didn’t exist.

There are other scenarios you know. He had a double. This ruse has been done before. His injuries were a ruse. His corpse was stolen by wild animals, etc., a long list of options.

[Donray]

What reason does anyone have to believe a man came from the dead? There is none.

There are many movies, TV shows and books that have documented zombies are real. Jesus was a zombie so like the movies show he rose from the dead.