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Any and all attempts at explaining these facts „secularly” have failed miserably. You can try, sure… Some try to claim Jesus was taken off the cross prematurely, like some kind of heist, and while this might make for an alright Dan Brown book, I don’t think I have to explain in detail why this would be improbable. Obviously, if this were to actually be the caes, the roman authorities would try to track him down, or at the very least go after Joseph of Arimathea, who, as a leader, wasn’t exactly hard to find. But we have no record of what would have been either one of the largest manhunts of that centry, or more realistically, an immediate arrest of a very sick and wounded man. But I digress, the story is clearly nonsense, since Jesus was pierced with a spear, as we know from both tradition and archeological evidence.
Another way you could try to explain this would be to say that Jesus somehow faked his own death, but again, since we’re taking a „rational” approach here and discounting miracles, he would have to somehow survive being pierced with a spear, on top of the normal hardships crucifiction brings.
There is simply no way of explaining these facts other than acknowledging the resurrection. Muslims have struggled with this since the inception of islam, so much so that they felt the need to fabricate an entire „gospel”, where they try to spin a tale that Judas was made to look exactly like Jesus and was crucified in his place. Unlike the resurrection, there is zero evidence for this, other than a muslim fabrication from medieval times, but it goes to show how far people are willing to go to hide the truth, and how damning the actual evidence is. If it wasn’t the natural conclusion, there would be no reason to fabricate evidence to the contrary.

Do you need more proof? This is an honest question, I feel like I’ve been thorough enough but I could keep going if not for the character limit interrupting my my flow.

5/4, sorry