Bismillah: Assalamo Alikum.
Here is another thought on the "<i>theory</i>" of Jesus' resurrection as promoted by Christians.
Thousands of years before Christianity, India, Egypt, Babylonia and almost all the ancient countries, knew very well of the story of resurrection, these countries, with their unlimited religions and gods, their gods and saviors were born of virgins, these saviors were also considered to be gods' sons, they've performed mighty miracles, and after their death they arose from the dead and ascended into heaven.
Sadly, Christians would never believe in such fairy tales, but at the same time they expect us to believe that these incidents happens only to <b>'their savior'</b> Jesus.
Now...
If the story of the resurrection of "god" who was also called the son of God, older than Christianity, then why can't Christians consider these stories to be true?
If millions of people in these ancient countries who lived and died in their conviction that their saviors died for them and risen from the dead, but yet all Christians believe that these stories are merely fairy tales, <b>then how can anyone be sure that Christ's resurrection was not one of these fiction stories of olden days? </b>
For instance, I've studied in Egypt the story of <b>Osiris</b>, who was worshipped for about 6000 years, and during that time, millions of Egyptians believed that Osiris raised from the dead; So...the question here is, <b>Will the Christians accuse the Egyptians for being dumb just because they believed in "the old version of Christianity"? </b>
Please Christians tell me, how did you come to the conclusion <b>that Osiris resurrection was a myth, but Jesus' resurrection was a fact? </b>
My questions are not over, please Christians enlighten me: are the Buddhists in error for their beliefs that <b>their savior Buddha was resurrected from the dead but you are perfectly right for telling us that Jesus raised from the dead?</b> How did you come to know that they are wrong? <b>Is their religion wrong, simply because it happens to be another man's religion</b>.
The definition of the term <b>"double standard"</b> according to Oxford Dictionary is:
double standard
• noun a rule or principle applied unfairly in different ways to different people.
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So why Christians consider the resurrections of other "gods and saviors" of <b>OLDER</b> religions to be false, and accept the resurrection story of Christ when it was only told and preached in a recent religion?
Christians have got 2 options:
<b>1- To believe that Jesus' resurrection was simply another myth borrowed from pagan religions. OR…</b>
2- To accept Islam which recognizes Jesus and places him in his right position
We ask Allah, the Almighty God to open their hearts wide to the light of Islam. Ameen.
Salam
Wael.