Why Hallucinations Can't Explain Jesus' Resurrection Appearances

George Park Fisher (August 10, 1827 – December 20, 1909) taught theology at Yale and was a noted historian. He was president of the American Historical Association while he also served as the pastor at the College Church at Yale.

His book, A Manual of Christian Evidences, is an awesome, short introduction to historical apologetics that I highly recommend. In this video is Fisher’s take on the hallucination hypothesis, which had become one of the more popular naturalistic explanations for Jesus’ resurrection during Fisher’s time.

[kingyouki]

I get so tired of people using this argument against the resurrection.

[adamstewart]

Another problem with this hypothesis is that it requires multiple disciples to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead when no reported hallucination of a dead person has ever made anyone think that so you're really stretching it with multiple.

I think sceptics often overlook how quick it would have taken the disciples to believe in his resurrection since they knew it didn't usually happen and what we see recorded down is that they were initially hesitant to accept and I think that's a good case against fabrication since you would expect them to be more acceptive.

[adamstewart]

I'm curious to know if you've read Gary Habermas' new series of books on arguing for the resurrection, have you read both volumes and if so what did you think?