Resurrection of Zeus
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Some people may get the idea that I have a fascination with Zeus. I find him a useful foil.
I have re-read in recent days the breathless accounts of various “Resurrection of Jesus” evidence. It blows my mind — and not in the way that the Christian writers want.
I wanted to write up an essay that highlighted one of the more bizarre episodes in the New Testament.
How many people remember the part where crowds think that the apostle Paul is Zeus in human form, and they try to sacrifice an ox to him? Remember what happens next?
The Jews in the surrounding towns come down and stone Paul to death.
Well, they thought they did. Paul was stoned to death, and dragged from the city, where he got up and went on his way. Apparently people were really bad at figuring out just when people had died back then.
Anyway, here my essay that highlights this bizarre series of events: The Resurrection — of Zeus?
Let me know your thoughts!
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Good essay and good point. For starters, I wonder how many Christians have even read the account in Acts that you have quoted. From my personal experience, many Christians (Pentecostals being the exception) don’t like to read out of the book of Acts.
I like how you turn the tables. Christians won’t believe claims concerning Zeus, why should someone simply accept a claim concerning Jesus from a potentially 2000 year old witness?
A Christian would be angry if someone tried to proselytize his or her child over to Islam or Hinduism. What if a zealous Jew tried to convince a Christian’s child that Jesus isn’t real? But, they won’t stop to consider the opposite. Many Christians are programed not to think this way, for the most part.
Anyway– I like it. Nice job, in my opinion.