If I tell you a man rose from the dead & that I knew 500 hundred people who saw it, would you believe me?

Answer 1

If you were willing to die or suffer cruel persecution to support your statement, as were many of the witnesses of the resurrection of Jesus, it would lend credibility to your assertion.

Answer 2

We would need documented evidence that the man was dead. 100% dead. No question about it. We would then need to see each of the accounts of the 500 people and get an idea of who we were dealing with. Was it 500 people in an insane asylum? Was it 500 people on drugs? Was it 500 people with a religious fervor? These factors can influence their statements. Next up, I would like to see a medical examination of the person who rose from the dead.

There are people out there today who have followers who claim that their leader rose from the dead. There are people out there today who have followers who claim that their leader has performed all sorts of miracles. Yet, we do not readily believe them because there are so many ways to trick people and make them believe in something not true. That is why concrete proof is needed.

Answer 3

Let's examine a modern example. We, as a nation of millions all watched the WTC get struck buy 2 planes, burn and fall down. Thousands of people watched this, were unable to make sense of it and looked for deeper meaning. They, by the thousands, developed theories that were more satisfying to their minds and saw irrefutable evidence that it was a conspiracy by the current administration and the towers were brought down with preplanted explosives. There are countless very knowledgeable experts that can give perfectly reasonable, provable explanations for everything tha the deluded see and believe. Yet in this modern day with video coverage from many angles, eyewitnesses and expert analysis, thousands believe it was something else.

Now imagine an event that took place 2,000 years ago when we did not know as much. And the only accounts are told and retold and translated and re-translated for 2,000 years. Millions of people will see it the way they wish and other will see it for what it was as best we can tell from this perspective.

Answer 4

Not necessarily. Cult members can believe all sorts of crazy things. If it just happened on the street and the 500 were independent bystanders all giving identical accounts, maybe.

But seeing that your 500 people all died 2000 years ago, your proof doesn't really stand up.

Answer 5

You don't know 500 people saw it. You have a book that says 500 people saw it. Huge difference.

Answer 6

Not even if he was actually alive. I'd want proof. People can see alot of things, that doesn't make them right. Its why eye witness accounts are not enough, in a court of law, to get someone convicted of a crime.

Answer 7

--You mean 50,000 people? I would want to do more research -- who are these people? Do their stories all match up? Do they have any connection with each other? Can I give some of them lie detector tests? Who is this man, and has he been examined by doctors?

Answer 8

Isn't that the typical size of a John Edward audience?

Answer 9

I wouldnt believe unless i saw for myself.

Answer 10

Well I have seen David Blane do some pretty cool stuff. Do you believe that is real?