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>>>On the one hand, we have the factual claim that the fundamental way in which we know that Christianity is true, including the belief that Jesus rose from the dead, is through the self-authenticating witness of the Holy Spirit. Moreover, I've defended the view that the witness of the Holy Spirit is an intrinsic defeater-defeater for anyone who attends to it.
>>>Now, as I say, Zach, this factual claim and this counterfactual claim are not even apparently contradictory. Of course, if Jesus' remains were to be found, Christianity would be falsified! But we can be confident that no such discovery will ever be made because we have the self-authenticating witness of the Spirit that Jesus is risen.
>>>So, yes, if the bones of Jesus were to be found, then he did not rise and Christianity would be false; but given the Spirit's witness we will never be justified in thinking that any bones discovered were those of Jesus. You may disagree with this view, but there's no contradiction.
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