Jesus Did Not Bodily Rise From the Dead | Dan Barker 

Thank you for putting up Dan Barker's entire speech. I've heard him quoted out of context. This is the clearest, most concise summary of his arguments. Brilliant.

My heart broke so bad when I found out that the God I've been worshipping was a deity from ancient tribal mythology. 😭

It still amazes me that I had this figured out before I was eight years old and grown people still believe in this nonsense. We need more of these channels. Good job.

It took me 40 years to realize that it is all a fairytale.

I follow a lot of the popular atheists (Dawkins, Hitchens, Dennet, Harris, etc) and I have to say Barker is fantastic when it comes to debunking this nonsense. He speaks so fluently and to the point. He knows his stuff.

In ancient times, there was no unemployment insurance. No retirement fund. If you were an old, tired man, you had to come up with a hustle, and fast! Everybody knew about the "Sacred Knowledge" that was circulating all over the Empire. Old men called "Wandering Holy Men" were in every corner of the Mediterranean. Every town had a resident Wandering Preacher, who carried scrolls under his arms. Such men were in great demand. The wealthy loved to invite them into their parlors, so they could watch and hear their wild stories, about demons, and angels, and mighty heroes who fought for "Salvation". They often sang, and danced around, while reading their poems. A crippled old man could make a decent living at it! By the time the 4th Century rolled around, hundreds of "Gospels" had accumulated within the Empire. It was time somebody collected them, and tried to make coherent sense of them. Constantine ordered a "cannon" be put together. About 80% of these fables were discarded, or destroyed. The "Holy Trinity" had to be quickly invented, so as to prevent "Christians" from being accused of Blasphemy. In no time, we had a new religion centered around a "Man-God" who violated the First Commandment. But the Jews immediately condemned it all. They had strict control over their "Holy Scrolls". And so you see in all the process, lots of old men got room and board, and we got our "Holy Christ Savior"!

It astounds me that reasoned rational people today still believe such silly stories.

5:23-5:46 "When the women came back from the tomb, the disciples said their their stories seem to us like idle tales. … If Thomas didn't believe why should I believe?" Because, of course, it is an incredible tale. The disciples including Thomas certainly believed when Jesus appeared to them. Note that Thomas then touches the wounds on Jesus' body. Now how could he do that had Jesus not bodily resurrected? 9:15-9:26 "He used the word egeiro which means that he raised… It's the word for waking up all through the New Testament. You find that word egeiro when Jesus was asleep in the boat. The disciples went and woke him up. No one thinks he resurrected from the bottom of a boat." In the boat, Jesus merely woke up from sleeping. Was he any different then - "spiritual" perhaps? No. Likewise, with the resurrection from his grave, Jesus merely woke up from being dead. So do why should he _then_ be any different. "egeiro" is perfectly applicable here. Luke uses it (7:14) when describing Jesus raising the widow's son from the dead - his body came alive. Mark uses it (5:41) when describing Jesus raising Jairus' daughter from the dead - and her body came alive as well. 9:46-9:49 "Remember the story of the Transfiguration when Jesus James and Peter went to see Jesus transfigured…" Yes, James and Peter witnessed the transfiguration of Jesus to his spiritual form. Now, if Jesus was already a spirit, there wasn't much to transfigure, was there?

I would love to believe in a god, but after giving it some thought I realize it's a beautiful man-made story too good to be true, amen😢

It is sad that in the 21st century, there are billions of people who still cling to this fantasy and fairytale, to paraphrase the magnificent Stephen Hawking …”There are no miracles or exceptions to the laws of Nature.” One could also apply this to every single so called “miracles” expressed in the old ancient book written in the Bronze Age by Sheepherders.

If you spread a rumor in school in the morning. That rumor will become a totally different rumor at the end of the school.

Losing a beloved friend and teacher is very difficult to accept when you can create an alternative reality in which that person is still with you in your mind. The best way to bring back that person is to write great inspiring stories full of wisdom and miracles.

According to Josephus,jesus was 5’1’’tall and walked hunched over,for a guy that can rise from the dead ,cure the blind ,walk on water,have demons head for the hills,you would think he could fix his own spine ,or at least visit the local chiropractor.

The Harry Potter books are a way more entertaining work of fiction than the bible, and a lot more believable

What? Somebody didn’t rise from the dead? Never!

We all have our own journey we must go on spiritually and I respect everybody’s journey just don’t drag me along if I don’t wish to come

I would have to believe that I am guilty of breaking divine laws, just in order to buy into the Jesus Christ claims. I have no reason to believe that divine laws exist, just as I have no reason to believe that heaven and hell exist. As far as I am concerned, the Jesus Christ claims have no merit. Religious people can shout "sinner" at me as much as they like, but that will have no impact at all. Sin assertions only have merit if you buy into the biblical claims. To anyone outside of Christianity, shouting "sinner" sounds bonkers.

Damn straight he didn't even exist. Why did no one encounter him he was supposed to live. Not one soul Not one.

Same here

UH.........don't you first have to prove that a spirit exists before you start babbling on about what you think it did or didn't do??? I mean, can I just start attributing things to a magical unicorn that I never prove exists, and you're just all good with the attibutions I make???

Or, and vastly more probable to me, he never died on the cross. He was taken off the cross near death, woke up and beat feet outta there. Wouldn't that help explain his supposed after-death encounters?

The Bible is basically just a Story Book and should be treated as such. Jesus said he would return. I'm still waiting

This is how bad it is. The broadcasts from smug Frank Turek have banned me from his chat room

I've actually come full circle in believing Jesus' bodily resurrection: first, I blindly accepted it in accordance with the usual religious indoctrination (which is the basis of faith). Then, I became a skeptic -- raising all the usual questions about the tomb, the witnesses, etc. (toying with the idea that perhaps Jesus survived the crucifixion or that he only appeared in visions after his death). Now, however, I have no problems in accepting the physical death and resurrection of Jesus. The reason? I've shifted to the mythicist view that Jesus did not even have a flesh-and-blood existence in hisotry, like Julius Caesar. On the contrary, he was a NON-historical person -- just like Moses: thus, the crucifixion and resurrection become historically true events in a perfectly VACUOUS sense.

Here come the apologists!

What's with the music? Distracting.

Only your view.

Ok lets stir other things up a bit! Was Mary really a virgin?

How else can someone rise from the dead.

There's no Jesus the god-son to begin with.

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yet he recanted just before his passing & re-embraced his faith Hmmm

Thanks Dan for clearing that one up. Hummanity has waited 2,000 years for your proclamation. Now that this issue has been resolved, I can spend more time on my fantasy football league.

The Shroud of Turin suggests otherwise.

religion has one aim..to extend our lives forever ..a lifetime manufacturers warranty.....I am in, but is it true ?

any historical evidence of jesus dude ever existed ....??? are there any documents of him in the Roman (government) text of the time and place ?? I think modern christianity was fully developed in Europe in the medieval time ..

Just by title with my yrs of research I say duh to title. It's a fairytale. If real, how's that working for us? NOT!!

Rise from the dead - not rose from the dead.

and how did people talk to jesus and spend time with him... plus over whelming eye witness accounts...

Jesus is sloppy.

Exactly that is the islamic point of view. No need for body resurrection then eating fish then flying like a bird. to the space.

The death of Christ was written of 1,000 years before the fact and the very words out of the high priest’s mouth….no man could predict that ….only God ….this guy here spends his days trying to say it’s all fake ….i say read Jeremiah 17:5-8…..

Boogie Boogie, doggie raise.

He rises, from the dead, every morning.

Some young virgin got pregnant, all by herself 🤣 Yeah, sure. I've been a life-long atheist for over 60 years #ReligionIsFiction

Maybe Jesus had an NDE experience, yes woke up & is what was meant, the shroud is also extraordinary so who can say, it’s entirely possible, yes many lies been told about the story… If Jesus went to Roman doors he be re arrested & put to death, again ….he’d leave… Why would Peter admit to anything, what point, knowing where that would lead ?

I don't know if I disagree with you, however, I would NEVER make such a statement. I think it's dangerous. If you blaspheme the Holy Spirit, you will not be forgiven in this life AND the next. That's 2 lives. If you make such a statement like that, and you are wrong, and you teach others, my Father taught me that you could be having to deal with the fallout of that for a very very very long time. I would just say something like, "In my opinion... or I think... etc..." See what I mean? Much better way to do it. That being said, " Jesus Benstada was the first one crucified, I believe, and he had followers, and they were crucified according to my Father. So these guys appeared to keep popping up all over the place. Maybe this continued all the way down to Jesus of Nazareth... It's possible.

dumb.... if there is no resurrection.... then no one can be saved....

Jesus, his birth death and resurrection has saved us from certain hell all glory to God the father

Imagina el nacimiento de Jesucristo. Imagina que eres un testigo en Belén, ¿cómo hubieses reaccionado?. Sumérgete en el evento, eres un actor en el escenario de la vida real. ¡Está pasando!, ¡el creador del universo nació de una virgen sin pecado concebida!, ¡eres testigo del mayor acontecimiento de todos los tiempos!, ¡el todopoderoso anunciado ha nacido y vive entre nosotros para redimirnos de nuestros pecados!. No te están engañando tus sentidos porque no tomastes drogas, estás presenciando realidad y tú eres una de las personas más afortunadas de la historia del universo. ¡Atención ahora!, del nacimiento de Jesucristo se ha escrito una página, más o menos, en la Biblia. De toda la vida de Jesucristo se han escrito unas pocas páginas en un libro. ¡Atento!, ¿hay algo que te parezca estraño?. ¿Y por eso vives de rodillas orando y haces que tus hijos inocentes y vulnerables vivan de rodillas orando?. La verdad que te ayuda a vivir feliz y salir del círculo es el ateísmo es una falacia lógica que asume Dios es la idea religiosa del creador de la creación y concluye erróneamente el creador no existe porque una idea particular de Dios no existe. ¿Entendistes la falacia lógica atea? El ateísmo es una falacia lógica que asume Dios es "papá celestial" y concluye erróneamente el creador no existe porque una idea particular de Dios no existe. Dios existe porque lógicamente es imposible la existencia de la creación o finitud sin el creador o infinitud. Lo que tiene un principio de existencia tiene una causa porque de la nada no puede ser creado algo. Lógicamente es imposible la existencia de un número infinito de causas, luego tiene que existir una primera causa eterna no causada que creó lo que tiene un principio de existencia. Para acabar la guerra el descubrimiento que el ateísmo es una falacia lógica tiene que ser noticia. Gracias.

He ate a meal of bread and fish and said it is I not a ghost Thomas touched His wound.

1 Timothy 4:1 In the last days, many will depart from the faith, giving heed to evil spirits and doctrines of devils... That's happening right now, what with all of the NDEs suddenly coming from people, claiming that Christ is not what the Bible says that he is...

The resurrection of Christ is one of the best eyewitness historical accounts the ancient world. To reject it would require a person to reject all the we know of the ancient world.

Yup God is mankind's greatest invention. 😮😮 it gives him some sense of purpose where there isn't any. 😮😮😮

An empty tomb is exactly as much evidence for a resurrected god as an empty stable is evidence for a flying Pegasus. . LOLZ