Hi @dga471, @swamidass, @Michael_Callen,
Re secular explanations for the Resurrection: have you read Kris Komarnitsky’s latest article, The Rationalization Hypothesis: Is a Vision of Jesus Necessary for the Rise of the Resurrection Belief? It is a thoughtfully argued article, which is much better in quality than most of the hypotheses put forward by skeptics, and it also exposes the deficiencies of the bereavement hypothesis. Komarnitsky makes a serious attempt to answer Wright’s argument that since the disciples were only prepared to die for Him after seeing Him resurrected, there must have been some event from outside which transformed them. See especially pages 15 to 19 of the article. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts. At any rate, I must retire for the evening, as it is getting very late in my time zone. To be continued…