What is Reddit's opinion of The Case for Easter: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for the Resurrection?

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>So Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son because he thought God would just bring him back? Doesn't that water down the whole point of sacrifice?

Does it water down Jesus' sacrifice? God knew he was going to come back-- still offered him up though.

>And the thing about Jesus dying for our sins... That also doesn't make any sense to me. For God to forgive everyone's sins he had to have his son die? How are the two related? Son dying and forgiving sins? He's so powerful he can just forgive them? That doesn't make any sense.

>And the thing about Jesus dying for our sins... That also doesn't make any sense to me. For God to forgive everyone's sins he had to have his son die? How are the two related? Son dying and forgiving sins? He's so powerful he can just forgive them? That doesn't make any sense.

Here's a good portion of the Bible that explains this in pretty easy-to-understand language. I think the most important part is Hebrews 9:22

>In fact, according to the law of Moses, nearly everything was purified with blood. For without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.

Now, you make a point, a good one. "Why would God require blood if he's so powerful? Couldn't he just immediately forgive people?" But the problem with that, at least in Christian theology, is that God would not be just (as in justice) if blood was not offered. It would be like a judge letting a murderer walk away just because he had the power to do so. All of forgiveness in the Bible is predicated on repentance and the application of blood.

>Apostles

Yeah, there's all kind of cultish stuff that happens, but Christianity is quite unique in that there are records of 11 different eyewitnesses who died at different times for professing a belief that they would have known whether or not it was true. You don't find that kind of stuff just anywhere. If you want to read a good book on that (and don't let the name scare you-- this is, in my opinion, his best book) Lee Stroebel wrote a book called, <u>The Case for Easter</u>. Very quick, very short, much better than The Case for Christ which most atheists immediately dismiss.