Religious tales vs fairy tales

[rumborak]

 I think in the face of Buddhism, where resurrection (in a way) is the norm, it's hard to make a claim of originality in terms of Jesus' resurrection. There were many resurrected characters before him, and many after.

rumborak

[Adami]

I think in the face of Buddhism, where resurrection (in a way) is the norm, it's hard to make a claim of originality in terms of Jesus' resurrection. There were many resurrected characters before him, and many after.

rumborak

I don't think it's fair to liken ressurection to reincarnation.

[ack44]

In any case, the Christian claim isn't that he's the only resurrected person, it's that he is the only founder of any major global religion that is still alive.

[Ħ]

I think in the face of Buddhism, where resurrection (in a way) is the norm, it's hard to make a claim of originality in terms of Jesus' resurrection. There were many resurrected characters before him, and many after.

rumborak

I don't think it's fair to liken ressurection to reincarnation.

I actually agree with Adami in P/R.

This calls for celebration.

[j]

What are you talking about Brother, Adami is a very agreeable chap.

-J

[El JoNNo]

I think in the face of Buddhism, where resurrection (in a way) is the norm, it's hard to make a claim of originality in terms of Jesus' resurrection. There were many resurrected characters before him, and many after.

rumborak

I don't think it's fair to liken ressurection to reincarnation.

Why? It is the same thing except the person is now in another form but it IS considered the same person.

[rumborak]

In any case, the Christian claim isn't that he's the only resurrected person, it's that he is the only founder of any major global religion that is still alive.

Now *that* is a stretch of the definition of "alive".

rumborak

[GuineaPig]

In any case, the Christian claim isn't that he's the only resurrected person, it's that he is the only founder of any major global religion that is still alive.

Li Hongzhi is still alive. 

[hefdaddy42]

Didn't Hercules and various other ancient figures come back from the dead? I've heard Christian people say that Jesus is the only person ever to have come back from death.

What about bigfoot? That potentially precedes all civilisation - I head it was passed down by word of mouth from the first human settlers in north America.

I think that Hercules qualifies as a legend, not a person.  So Jesus would still qualify as the the only person ever to have come back from death.  Besides, Hercules didn't come back from the dead.

Didn't Elijah or Elisha bring a boy back to life? And aren't there a bunch of other examples in the NT?

Yes on Elijah, and "kind of" on the NT.  I was hyperbolizing the comparison between Jesus and Hercules.