Did Jesus die and rise again to life?

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

We know history is written by historians and scholars. So what is in the Bible and other "Holy" writings must be accepted or rejected based on what you feel in your heart. Unfortunately, that doesn't change whether it happened or not.
Truth is truth. Believing in something doesn't make it true or false. Faith is taking a chance. In this case, it is believing in something much bigger than we can even begin to comprehend.

I think/believe that He did. I don't know for sure. But living my life like He did makes me make choices that make my life and lives of my family and friends better.

If He did die and again rise to life, and broke the restriction that came with death, then we can have eternal life. If I am going to have some sort of eternal existence, I want to be happy with the time I put in here on Earth. I want to be able to look back and see that I made good choices.

If all this is true, and I am judged by Jesus for what I did here, I want to be worthy of His approval. So, that's how I live my life.
I really hope its all true.

Answer 3

If you can answer this question in a logical and rational manner to the acceptance of all people then you will surely be the greatest philosopher that ever lived.

To believe in the resurrection or otherwise of Christ is, of course, the central tenet of the Christian belief and your response will be affected by your personal religious beliefs. For instance, although I struggle to accept the resurrection as a fact, I still consider myself to be a Christian. No doubt others will be shocked by this, but there you go.

To go into an "in-depth" philosophical discussion on this subject is way beyond the capability of a format such as this but, if you are genuinely interested, take a look at the links below which argue rational cases.

Answer 4

So the Bible says. If we are to believe the Bible, Jesus spent three and a half years running about the Holy Land with throngs of followers, performing miracles, casting out demons, proclaiming the Kingdom, and causing a general stir, eventually arriving in Jerusalem where he was tried and executed on charges trumped up by jealous Jewish religious leaders.

If the Biblical account were true, I think we would expect a lot more historical evidence of Jesus. People would have written letters to friends about the miracles Jesus performed in their cities. Civil and religious authorities would have noted the disturbance caused by Jesus and his followers preaching in their cities. Philosophers and theologians would have discussed Jesus's teachings. Accounts of Jesus miracles would have traveled far and wide. Jesus's followers and converts would have written down his teachings in the places he visited. Jesus's trial and conviction would have been recorded in the Jerusalem court records, and published abroad as a warning to other Jesus cult followers. In short, Jesus could not have lived his life as described in the Bible without leaving behind a wealth of contemporary literary evidence. And after Jesus's death, as his religion spread, these literary artifacts would have been precious to his followers, and at least some would have been preserved.

Sadly, however, contemporary literary evidence of Jesus's life is pretty much lacking. Most if not all extant written records of Jesus, including the New Testament, were composed after his death. While it is conceivable that the New Testament is a sincere historical account of the Son of God, lack of corroborative evidence makes it seem more likely that it is propaganda concocted by various Jesus cult leaders in order to perpetuate their cult.

Jesus himself, if he existed at all, was likely an ordinary cult leader revered as the Messiah by his followers. He may have attempted to overthrow the religious establishment in Jerusalem, paid with his life, and was afterward raised to mythic status by his followers. Without contemporary evidence, anything is possible. It's all speculation.

So did Jesus die and rise again? On one side, we have an ancient story of questionable consistency filled with improbable miracles and having little or no contemporary historical corroboration, claiming that a man of questionable existence died and came back to life. On the other side we have a wealth of scientific, logical, historical, experiential and common sense evidence that death is universally final, and no verifiable cases of resurrection from the dead. Accepting the story of Jesus's resurrection of requires us to abandon all semblance of intellect in exchange for a vague hope of salvation proffered by that story.

But I guess that's the essence of faith.

Answer 5

According the bible and you know, billions of JC believer: JC die, 3 days later, his body disappeared, and he became the holy God. Thought there is no hard evidence of him became God, some people reportedly sighting his holy presence. The fact that his body disappeared was the only hard evidence to support the idea.

This definitely does not sound convinced to me. Lets suppose one of his follower, deeply passionate by the idea of Jesus (son of God) sneak away his body. Another convincing evidence to disprove this bible claim is the fact that there is no evidence of Jesus as holly God.

Answer 6

While I believe that He died for our sins, I am not sure that He came to life as the New Testament writers described. I also do not believe that it matters. What Jesus preached is that God said that He must die for our sins and He did.

Do we really need more than that?

Take care,
Troy

Answer 7

I believe that the answer has to be yes. You will notice that i said, "I believe,"

There were no accurate police reports. The best evidence is that the guard company of Roman soldiers charged with guarding the grave site were in league with the religious and secular rulers of the country.

But, people who went on to give their entire lives to spreading the message he was trying to spread were convinced. And, on the evening before his death he told those men who went out and spent their lives working to spread his message that it was a better thing that those who came after would be doing to believe without seeing.

I believe he was talking about the people, and there were hundreds, seeing him alive on numerous occasions after he was clearly killed. It is enough for me. Well—not really—it is a very brief synopsis of why I believe.

Answer 8

Yes ,I know He died an has arisen,because that is the way God provided us a way to be with Him when we die. Jesus died for our sins.
Without that marvelous scarifice ,we could not go to Heaven, because we were all born in sin.
We must repent an be baptized in Jesus name,for the remission of our sins. And His holy spirit dwells with-in us.

Answer 9

Did anyone else in recorded history die and come back to life of their own accord? Has it happened recently? Everything in the history of the universe has happened more than once. There is supposedly only one man in history that died and rose again of his own accord.

Answer 10

Yes, the earthly body of Jesus Christ and resurrected on the third day. Didn't you go to Sunday school or attended a single religion class in your life?

Answer 11

Well, assuming this guy ever existed (there's no historical proof), what difference would it make? Just do what he said, and act the way he did when he was alive...
Hard stuff to accomplish, judging by the state of the world...