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Did you forget Mohammed?Look at the evidence. The existence of Jesus is not in question, his followers and those who never followed him write of his existence.
But how do we know he rose?
Circumstantial evidence beyond a reasonable doubt.
First, it was a woman who came back and told the sulking men Jesus had returned. If men are going to write a fictional account, they aren’t going to put the woman in the spotlight and the men in the woe is me self pity role.
Second, the question of delusions. Many of the witnesses who saw him did not recognize him at first. Every psychologist will tell you people who have delusions will not do that.
Third, the actions of those who witnessed a risen Jesus. The eleven disciples spent the rest of their lives in great mortal danger spreading the word on what they had witnessed. All but one were eventually murdered for doing so. John died of natural causes banished on a remote island for spreading his account. People are not going to suffer and die for something they know is false.
It is a lot like the story Joseph Smith told the Mormons or L Ron Hubbard told Scientologists.
You just gotta trust them