The importance of the Resurrection to Christian faith

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> TILL

> You may as well argue that we would not be talking about William Tell's

shooting an apple off his son's head if his followers had not THOUGHT that
they saw him do it.  Can't you understand that people talk about legends
all of the time that have no basis in historical fact?  Why and how do
legends develop?  We may not know, but we know that they do develop. 
Please explain to us why it would not be possible for us to talk about a
resurrection that no one living at the time the resurrection allegedly
happened actually THOUGHT did happen.  In other words, I am saying that it
is entirely possible that no one living at the time of the alleged
resurrection really THOUGHT that it happened, but somehow the legend
developed over time and was put into a specific historical setting, and so
now people like you THINK that the resurrection happened when really it
didn't.  Why would this not be possible?

PAT
   How much time do you think would be necessary for such a legend to
develop?  Some of the writers of the New Testament claim to be eyewitnesses
to the events.  [snip]

STEVE CR
I've been away, I may have missed something... but which writers are you
talking about?

Steve Carson-Rowland
Brisbane, Australia
(Witty or incisive quote pending)

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