I agree that is the issue, but we really do have to look at what the cause was. Remember, the case for the resurrection rests on testimonial evidence that is interpreted to constitute a resurrection.
But nobody was present in the tomb to see what happened. Jesus is interpreted to have died on the cross (he was seen crucified and stabbed), his presumed tomb is discovered to be empty, then later Jesus is claimed to have been seen alive.
That’s the purported evidence we have before us which we are trying to explain. Not God resurrecting Jesus, that’s not the evidence we have. Nobody saw that happen.
The evidence we have is pieces of text wherein it says that someone saw Jesus get crucified and stabbed on the cross, and then his putative tomb was discovered empty by some women, and then pieces of text wherein it says someone saw Jesus alive walking around and talking.
Nobody (that we know of) saw what happened in the tomb. Even if God really did resurrect Jesus while in that tomb, it’s not clear that having been present in the tomb to see Jesus suddenly come alive would in any way show God being present and somehow willing Jesus back to life. It’s not clear what that would have looked like, if God’s presence in the tomb could even be seen. Maybe Jesus just suddenly sat up and walked out, with no apparent cause.
So no, the resurrection is not just about God. God is one among many conceivable explanations for the evidence we have.
I completely disagree, which is why you have seen me use the phrase “Jesus coming back alive from being dead”, instead of describing it as The Resurrection.
The evidence we have is not The Resurrection. The evidence we have is putative testimonials of
- Jesus being crucified and stabbed with a spear.
- Jesus tomb being discovered empty.
- Jesus later walking around alive, speaking to people.
That’s interpreted to be God resurrecting Jesus while he was still in the tomb, after he had been buried.