No one on earth or even in mythology defeated Death, except Jesus. Life finally conquered death. Can you feel it?

By Mark D. Harris

Jesus physically rose from the dead.  This statement, if true, is the most radical statement in human history. If there is one thing that seems certain about the human condition, even more so than taxes, it is death.  This event separates Christianity from all other religions, and makes Christ unique among religious leaders. Islam does not claim that Mohammad rose from the dead, nor Judaism for Moses nor Buddhism for Siddhartha Gautama, better known as the Buddha.  Yet the Bible makes that claim for Jesus Christ.  Not only does it make the claim but stakes the truth or falsehood of Christianity, the religion founded by Jesus Christ, on that event (1 Corinthians 15:3, 4).  If Jesus physically rose from the dead, Christianity is true.  If not, it is false.  The most widespread religion in the world is thus founded on the most preposterous claim in the world.

This question is important for people who call themselves Christians as well as for people who do not.  Three acquaintances of mine, calling themselves Christians:

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