Thanks for your response my friend. Good to have these discussions. I would suggest if you want to send longer messages back and forth you are welcome to write a rebuttal piece on my upcoming piece on the resurrection. It mentions a lot of these types of points.

I do definitely appreciate you sticking to key points respectfully rather than descending into ad hominem attacks.

A few quick points:

1. I mentioned 1 Cor 15 as you said there are no details on Jesus' death mentioned outside the Gospels.

2. I mentioned Flew not because he is a Christian but to ask if you think the evidence for the resurrection is superior to claims in other religions. Your previous comment seemed to group all religious claims together. You seem to suggest the evidence is better but insufficient under your view so thanks for clarifying.

3. 1 Cor 15 does not teach a purely visionary resurrection. 1 Cor 15:51-53 explains the process which is consistent with a Jewish view from Daniel 12:1-2 Paul would have had as a Jew. I don't find the idea Paul drastically converted and died for some hallucination hundreds of others experienced plausible in the slightest. 1 Cor 15 implies the empty tomb and a physical resurrection. The physical body is changed- there is continuity.

4. I address extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence in my article. Address it there. I'll send you the link when ready. My position is given God exists and Jesus had a divine self understanding, the resurrection hypothesis is the best explanation of the available data which can be established on the grounds of using historical criteria such as dissimilarity, embarassment, multiple attestation etc. All other explanations fail to adequately explain the data, hence, Christians are not irrational in holding such a view and there are no defeaters to it.

5. This is the key point I want from you- which disciples made the myth of a spiritual resurrection up, why did they do it and how did they die?

Thanks for the chat my friend. Happy writing :)