The Case For Christ

Muhammad's conversion to Islam as being evidence for the truth
that Jesus was not resurrected, since Muslims deny the
Resurrection!
"Basically, he says the evidential values of Paul's conversion
and Muhammad's conversion cancel each other out," I told
Moreland. "Frankly, that seems like a good point. Won't you admit
that he's right?" Moreland didn't bite. "Let's take a look at
Muhammad's conversion," he said with confidence in his voice.
"No one knows anything about it. Muhammad claims he went into a
cave and had a religious experience in which Allah revealed the
Koran to him. There's no other eyewitness to verify this.
Muhammad offered no publicly miraculous signs to certify
anything.
"And someone easily could have had ulterior motives in following
Muhammad, because in the early years Islam was spread largely by
warfare. Followers of Muhammad gained political influence and
power over the villages that were conquered and 'converted' to
Islam by the sword.
"Contrast that with the claims of the early followers of Jesus,
including Paul. They claimed to have seen public events that
other people saw as well. These were things that happened outside
their minds, not just in their minds.
"Furthermore, when Paul wrote 2 Corinthians -which nobody
disputes he did-he reminded the people in Corinth that he
performed miracles when he was with them earlier. He'd certainly
be
foolish to make this statement if they knew he hadn't."
"And your point?" I asked.
"Remember," he said, "it's not the simple fact that Paul changed
his views. You have to explain how he had this particular change
of belief that completely went against his upbringing; how he saw
the risen Christ in a public event that was witnessed by others,
even though they didn't understand it; and how he performed
miracles to back up his claim to being an apostle."
"All right, all right," I said. "I see your point. And I'll
admit, it's a good one." With that I gestured for him to go on to
his next piece of evidence.
EXHIBIT 3: CHANGES TO KEY SOCIAL STRUCTURES
In order to explain his next category of circumstantial proof,
Moreland had to provide some important background information