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The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence

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A skeptical, systematic critique argues that the Christ of the New Testament is a constructed myth rather than a reliably attested historical person. It assesses the silence of contemporary writers, the anonymous and late character of the gospels, and the contradictions within infancy narratives, ministry accounts, crucifixion, and resurrection reports. The author evaluates the moral portrait and teachings attributed to the figure and traces parallels with older pagan religions and divinities as possible sources of the myth. The conclusion asserts that supernatural claims lack sufficient historical support and that veneration rests on literary and theological fabrication rather than firm documentary evidence.

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Matthew declares that the dead arose on the day of the crucifixion. When did they come out of their graves?

Not until after Christ’s resurrection, which did not occur until the following week. “And many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection” (Matt. xxvii, 52, 53).

“They were polite enough to sit in their open graves and wait for Christ to rise first.”—Ingersoll.