This is a follow up thread to my
"what evidence would you require?" thread.
Many people posted that some sort of miracle that they witnessed would be sufficient for them to believe in God.
I believe that the resurrection of Jesus would fall under the type of miracle that most people were requiring. At least in the context of the NT. Meaning that if you had a very close friend that you watch die and knew was dead and then a couple of days later you saw knowing that it was the same person and did not look half dead but fully alive.
Now being that you would find it sufficient for you to believe, I am assuming that you would find it sufficient for others to believe as well. So what it comes down to is the reliability of the people in question claiming to have witnessed this event.
Now you might hold the position that you would not trust anyone else's judgment, and I guess that I can understand that to an extent (I feel that there are some underlying inconsistencies, but that it not the issue at hand). But what I can not understand is how you can make the claim that no one should trust anyone else's judgment.
I believe that Jesus was who he said he was and my evidence comes from the historical reliability of the synoptic gospels account of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Now if you feel that it is reasonable to trust yourself and your experience (to an extent) in the miracle that you witness (hypothetically) then why would it be unreasonable for me to trust the Apostles (given the verification of historical reliability of the writings) when they make the claim that they saw Jesus die on the cross and rose from the dead on that third day?
This thread is not meant persuade anyone to change their beliefs about Jesus or shift what they consider enough evidence, only to show the reasonableness of holding the position that others did witness said event.
If you would like to argue that the only proper/reasonable position to hold would be that you (being the individual in question) must witness the event themselves then you can do that here as well.
This thread is
not for people that believe no personal experience should be trusted no matter what. We will have a thread for you later. So don't post how you don't think anyone should trust personal experience.