The fact that Jesus’ tomb was found empty prompted some perplexity in sceptics, forcing them to address the claims of eyewitnesses with alternative theories as to what happened to Jesus’ body. If one denies that Jesus rose from the dead and left His tomb, how can they explain the fact that His body was missing?

Sceptics are constantly attempting to explain away the Resurrection of Jesus Christ as not being a supernatural miracle. The articles in this category address their scepticism.

Alternative Theories for the Resurrection of ‎Jesus Christ [6/6]– The Substitution Theory

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is pivotal to the Christian faith.  Without the Resurrection, Jesus was a phenomenal teacher who lied about being God and was sentenced to an excruciating death for this lie. New Testament textual critics tend to focus a lot of energy on refuting the claim that Jesus physically rose from the dead.  One of those theories is called ‘The Substitution…

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Alternative theories about the Resurrection [5/6]– The ‎Hallucination Theory

Christians rely on the claim that Jesus resurrected from death as convincing evidence for the truthfulness of Christianity. Skeptics however have tried to find alternative explanations to the resurrection in ways that rely on naturalistic factors to avoid any miraculous explanations and discredit the Christian claims. One of those alternative explanations is called the hallucination theory. What is the Hallucination Theory exactly? The Hallucination…

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Alternative theories about the Resurrection [4/6]– The Stolen ‎Body Theory

Christians rely on the claim that Jesus resurrected from death as convincing evidence for the truthfulness of Christianity. Skeptics however have tried to find alternative explanations to the resurrection in ways that rely on naturalistic factors to avoid any miraculous explanations and discredit the Christian claims. One of those alternative explanations is called the stolen body theory. What is the Stolen Body Theory exactly?…

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Alternative theories about the Resurrection [3/6]– The Swoon ‎Theory

Christians rely on the claim that Jesus resurrected from death as convincing evidence for the truthfulness of Christianity. Skeptics however have tried to find alternative explanations to the resurrection in ways that rely on naturalistic factors to avoid any miraculous explanations and discredit the Christian claims. One of those alternative explanations is called The Swoon Theory. What is the Swoon Theory exactly? The swoon…

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