[g0pher]

If it is absurd to try a man for murder when his alleged victim is known to be alive, then how much more absurd is it to believe, on no more than the alleged testimony of a few anonymous people, that a man whom we've never seen either alive or dead was resurrected from the dead?

In the former case, we're asked to believe, on nothing more than anonymous testimony, that a man, who is plainly seen by us to be alive, was once dead-- a ridiculous proposition on the face of it.

In the latter, we're asked to believe that a man, who is not observed by us to be alive, was executed and then was later seen by other people to be alive -- a doubly ridiculous proposition.