Question
Could the appearances have been hallucinations?
Grief visions are private. The creed lists groups, a skeptical brother, and an enemy. Hallucinations also leave bodies in tombs.
Clinical hallucinations do not eat fish, happen to five hundred at once, or hunt Pharisees on the Damascus road. Even if you grant visions, you still have J.E.T.S. for the tomb.
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Talking points
- Skeptics convert. Crowds see. The tomb is empty. Pick a theory that covers all three.
Say this
I will grant that grieving people see things. I will not grant that they share a menu, convert their persecutor, and misplace a corpse.
“He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive.”