@MRQ98765 @UnaVoceRhodesia@Jonathan_H07 @RenatoJMoraes43 @potentialtheism All due respect, you’ve given me nothing to defend my faith from. You really haven’t said anything of substance here. Once you actually say something, then perhaps I can defend my faith.
@MRQ98765 @UnaVoceRhodesia@Jonathan_H07 @RenatoJMoraes43 @potentialtheism I’m not sure how that’s more plausible than it being the shroud of the resurrected Christ. Seems like a demon would hate to conjure an image of Jesus.
@Jonathan_H07 @MRQ98765 @RenatoJMoraes43 @potentialtheism There is blood on the shroud which has been analyzed. There is pollen in the cloth that places it in the area of Jerusalem. The majority of the cloth is dated in the first century, but it has been patched later. That’s a just a few facts about it. Doesn’t establish authenticity
@AleMartnezR1 If the NT isn’t historically reliable, then can any documents prior or contemporaneous to it be reliable? If the resurrection didn’t happen, would there be a global Christianity today? Or would eyewitnesses willingly be persecuted and die for a known lie? Seems unlikely to me