The Rise of Jesus Questionable or Not?

The rise of Jesus Questionable or Not?
Thursday, 11 June 2009 13:13 -
By: Zeinb Abdulaziz
In 1866, a book entitled" The Truth about Christianity” has aroused

the interest of many readers. The author, Ch. Ruelle, a French
historicist, wrote:
"To exclude the possibility of Jesus being resurrected from

among the dead means the fall of Christianity."
This opinion was not the first opinion to appear at

that time; many similar opinions during the
Enlightenment age were adopted by the scientists of
this age. In their research, they depended on the
scientific and linguistic progress.
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It is well established that Paul was the first to

center his interest on “the resurrection of Jesus
from among the dead" giving blind eyes to any
further details about his life.
In his book about the history of the Bibles,

M. Quenelle, says:
"But for the rise of Jesus, bibles and

church would have not seen the light. It
is to the Easter by which Jesus’ life,
which ended in failure, turned to be a
way of hopes.
In fact, Jesus' rise from among the

dead will remain the most important
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curve in the story of Jesus, the

doctrine of salvation, from the
Christian point of view. It would be
just dust in air if it is proved to be
discredited and that is why the
church centers its interest on
fostering and nourishing it by all
possible means.
The idea of the rise of gods is

common among the Hellenistic
gods; they all die and rise after
three days and special ceremonies
are given to their anniversaries.
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The story of Osiris, an ancient

Egyptian god, is based on death
the god then rising from among
the dead. This is not the single
story; it is also repeated when
reviewing the story of Mithras,
Adonis and Aties; they all died
and remained dead for three
days during which they
descended into Hell then they
rose from death.
It should be born in mind that

none had ever seen or
attended their rise from among
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the dead, the same thing is

also true when we talk about
Jesus. Just few words about
shrouding him in a coffin.
None was reported to have
seen the rise of Jesus. All that
we have is some words about
an angel, according to Mathew
(8:2) and two angels according
John (20:12) helped in moving
the stone, this aroused the
mockery of thinkers, among
them Selsyous, who lived in
the second century AD, he
says: "How can the son of God
be unable to move the
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stone?!!"
Though the present Bibles

elaborate on this doctrine,
the doctrine of the rise of
Jess which is based on
finding the tomb empty, this
will always remain
unsupportive and shaky
historical evidence – none
was reported to have seen
him going out of the tomb.
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According to Mathew:
Jesus appeared two times

after his rise; one of those
is to two women near the
tomb near Jerusalem and
the second (the first and
the last time) to his
disciples while they were
in Galilee, this narration
doesn't mention any
disciple by name.
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According to Mark:
Jesus appeared three

times: to a lady while
sitting alone, to two
disciples and to the
eleven disciples
together. Neither the
time nor the place is
given here, nor the
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place from which Jesus

ascended to the
heavens.
According to Luke:
Jesus appeared three

times on the same
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day, the first of these

to his disciples on the
way to Emmaus, this
period extended to
the noon and Jesus
disappeared all of
sudden because they
recognized him then
he appeared to Simon
Peter – note that no
time or place was
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determined –then he
appeared to all the
disciples together on
the day of the
ascension till he was
lifted to the heavens;
no mention of any
lady; no mention of a
commission to the
disciples; no
evidence that they
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went to the place he

ordered them to go.
According to John:
John's narration
says that he
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appeared four
times:
(1)The first to Mary

Magdalene on the
day of the alleged
resurrection and
not on her first
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visit.
(2)Three times to
the disciples
The first on the

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evening of the
alleged
resurrection day
and the morning
of Saturday when
the disciples were
together in
Jerusalem in a
place sealed
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tightly by doors,
(Thomas) was
excluded in this
meeting.
The second time

happened after
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three days and

eight days
following the rise
from the tomb,
Thomas was
there.
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The third in
Galilee, no time
is given.
In the Acts:
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Despite the
multitude of
contradictions
in Acts with the
Bibles
concerning the
rise of Jesus,
these are
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among the
most important:
No mention of
the time of
Jesus
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ascension to
the heavens
before his
disciples.
No reference
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to
eye-witnesses
who might
have listened
to Jesus talk to
his disciples or
even saw
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them.
No mention of
a certain lady
that Jesus
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appeared to.
Contrary to
the Bibles,
Acts
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emphasizes
that Jesus
had remained
for forty days
on the earth
during which
he appeared
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to 500 people.
From which
sources did
Acts get such
contradiction
s from?
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To sum up,
no one had
seen Jesus
rise from the
tomb in the
Bible, the
Bibles do not
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give any
account of
Jesus alleged
resurrection,
and the only
evidence that
they have to
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support their
belief is the
discredited
tale of the
empty tomb.
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All these
texts
converge
that Jesus
died and was
buried on
Friday
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evening and
rose either at
Saturday's
dawn or on
Sunday and
this
contradicts
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the narration
that he had
remained for
three days.
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Mark
describes
the process
of Jesus
unmindful
that it was
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one day
before the
Easter, a day
on which all
works and
activities
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should be
stopped.
We have just
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referred to
few
contradictio
ns that make
the whole
story of
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salvation
questionable
, these
contradictio
ns could be
condensed
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as follow:
There is a
contradictio
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n regarding
the number
of the days
Jesus spent
after his
alleged rise
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from among
the dead.
There is a
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contradictio
n regarding
whom saw
him.
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There are
contradictio
ns about
the number
of his
appearance
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s.
There are
contradicti
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ons about
how many
saw him.
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There is a
contradicti
on as
regards the
place of
the tomb
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No
mention at
all who
saw him
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There is
contradicti
on about
who
moved the
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stone.
Conclusio
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n:
If all of
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these
contradict
ions are
there
instead of
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agreement
s, then the
story itself
is not
true.
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Jesus
being
crucified,
then into
tomb he
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was
carried,
then
some one
moved
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the stone,
then he
rose from
among
the dead
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and then
to heaven
he went to
sit next to
God: all of
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this is a
hoax.
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The
Gospels
of Peter
and
Judas say
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that he
was
neither
crucified
nor
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buried,
they say
that some
one else
was
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crucified
and Jesus
was lifted
to
heaven-
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exactly
like the
Holy
Qur’an
says.
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Moreover,
historical
studies
say that
there had
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been
sixteen
saviours
whom
their
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followers
had given
the same
story that
Christian
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s give to
Jesus.
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Thursday, 11 June 2009 13:13 -

By: Zeinb Abdulaziz

In 1866, a book entitled" The Truth about Christianity” has aroused

"To exclude the possibility of Jesus being resurrected from

This opinion was not the first opinion to appear at

It is well established that Paul was the first to

In his book about the history of the Bibles,

"But for the rise of Jesus, bibles and

In fact, Jesus' rise from among the

curve in the story of Jesus, the

The idea of the rise of gods is

The story of Osiris, an ancient

It should be born in mind that

the dead, the same thing is

Though the present Bibles

Jesus appeared two times

Jesus appeared three

place from which Jesus

Jesus appeared three

day, the first of these

went to the place he

(1)The first to Mary

The first on the

The second time

three days and

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