I did quite clearly write supernatural; obviously the discovery of previously baffling physical phenomena does nothing to change the probabilities.
Seeing someone proving actual magical powers would.
I am not sure how you would manage to mix supernatural and deterministic phenomena here, were you getting at the idea, that every physical phenomenon appears magical until it is explained?

This is some bump; it seems our new troll/gimmick is hard at work.

I was getting at in order for learning something new to affect another situation there must be some connection. Finding out I have blue socks doesn't affect the likely shape of rocks in Ibizia.
There are two types of situations - those with an explanation that fits the big picture and has specific evidence for it and those that we don't know what is going on. Doesn't really matter what we call "unknown explanations", they only appear magical if we believe "magic" is itself an explanation, otherwise they are just another "unknown reasons".
hope that's clearer ... usually I just muddy it up as I go.

Now I generally agree with bolded, but the problem with it in this context is, that it presupposes a deterministic universe.
When I talk about affirming supernatural powers, I mean learning that there actually are beings capable of suspending reality by an act of will.
I certainly agree that we are extremely unlikely to see this, and that when we appear to, we are just not seeing the full picture.
However IF supernatural powers were to be demonstrated to be a reality, that would make the resurrection story far more plausible.

I will admit that if Uri Geller is legit, then it is more likely we are in the Matrix.

Jesus was scourged with whips tipped with metal (known as scorpions). The Case for Christ explains from a medical perspective why this would have significantly changed the length of time he was on the cross. IIRC it was related to hypovolemic shock.

Yes Jebus rose from the dead. And after that he walked on water, see below.

http://www.welcometointernet.org/Jesus%20Cat.swf

From a medical perspective no one rises from the dead, so you'd be better off restricting your explanations to the supernatural.

Still waiting for this.

By the way, this is a subset of a much more general problem for Christianity-- it's early years were a mess of different teachings and traditions. Things weren't really settled until some ecumenical councils three centuries out, and the people who settled them were church leaders (IOW politicians), not historians and certainly not anyone who knew Jesus.

So not only do you have to have faith in the accounts of the people who wrote the gospels (whoever they really were) but you have to have faith that the roman catholic church officials who picked and chose from among the various tales did so correctly despite not having any training in history.

How did you go from this "inner spiritual process" "I get it" to believing Jesus as your lord and savior? It could've been Allah that started that process in you. Or did you see or hear Jesus during that meditation?

very true

Quoting a large section from Why I am Not a Christian by Bertrand Russell

No hand waving and obfuscation will ever take the OT beyond fairy tales shepherds told each other on starry nights and the NT beyond second and third hand accounts by unknown parties. Then there's the vested interest the early church had in making Jesus' gospels as glorious as possible.

Not a great recipe for an allegedly historical account.

Bertrand Russell is obv weak on understanding prophecy.