Defending a Historical Empty Tomb and Resurrection of Jesus: A Response to James Crossley
Introduction The resurrection of Jesus has undoubtedly brought with it many points of contention over the years and objections that need to be answered in a thorough and complete way. James Crossley has composed an article that articulates objections to the empty tomb and the bodily resurrection of Jesus. However, the goal in this discourse is to show that Crossley offers a weak basis for his conclusions and that the known evidence that is had explains better that the resurrection took place (in a bodily form) and that there was an empty tomb as opposed to these events not taking place. This is a rather tall order for a smaller piece like this because of the many questions that need to be answered and what is known (as stated above) explains that the resurrection/ empty tomb actually happened better than the counterclaims. The structure for this discourse will be to present the overall objections with some of the evidence from Crossley. After which an evaluation of the