“I’m not saying I’m crazy about it,” said Distefano. “I’m just saying, you know what? After reading that book, there was enough things that happened that historical scholars who aren’t religious—some are believers, some are not—are like, ‘This existed and this happened.’” He again mentioned the 500 people who testified to seeing Jesus alive again.
Rogan argued that people 2,000 years ago had a mythological framework for viewing the world and were limited in their understanding of science. He believes the mass hallucination theory explains why hundreds of people said they saw Jesus after his death. You can read responses to this theory here.
ChurchLeaders has reached out to Lee Strobel for comment and will update this article in the event of a reply.
