McDowell stated this regarding the importance of the resurrection: “I have come to the conclusion that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is one of the most wicked, vicious, heartless hoaxes ever foisted upon the minds of men, or it is the most fantastic fact of history. Josh McDowell was one such skeptic who spent more than seven hundred hours researching the evidence for the resurrection. Many skeptics have attempted to disprove the resurrection.
So, is Jesus’ resurrection a fantastic fact or a vicious myth? To find out, we need to look at the evidence of history and draw proper conclusions. Sproul “Jesus has the credentials and certification that no other religious leader possesses.” Indeed, all other religious leaders are dead, but Christianity insists that Christ is alive.
On the other hand, if the claim of resurrection is true, then, as written by theologian R.C. As Paul aptly puts it: “If Christ did not resurrect, our faith is in vain.” It is founded upon a lie. If this is false, it invalidates everything he said about himself, about the meaning of life and man’s destiny after his death. They claim not only to have seen him but also to have eaten with him, touched him, and spent forty days with him. What we read in the gospels is that Jesus appeared alive to his disciples after his crucifixion and burial. This is usually the attitude of assorted agnostics and atheists vis a vis Christianity and religion in general. It is also to declare the whole of the gospels’ narration as an hoax perpetrated on human-kind in the last two thousand years. To deny it is in effect to dismiss Christianity as just another myth which modern “enlightened” man ought to dismiss, the sooner the better, as a mere legend embellished over time. The story of Jesus’ resurrection is foundational to Christianity as a religion. “I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my own ego will survive.” –Bertrand Russell (English Philosopher) “When he said that He himself would rise again from the dead, the third day after He was crucified, He said something that only a fool would dare say… No founder of any world religion known to men ever dared say a thing like that.” –Wilbur Smith (Bible scholar) Those who believe in me, even though they die like everyone else, will live again.”–Jesus Christ