Jesus merely fainted on the cross and was revived later

• Romans were good at killing people
• Beaten, Scourged (which most didn’t survive)
• Nailed to a cross
• The spear pierced his heart
  
  It does account for the empty tomb. Fails to explain Jesus’ death. Fails to explain why enemies of Jesus saw him, but I doubt the disciples would think Jesus had defeated death, looking like he did.

Jesus had a twin brother who took his place

• The twin would have had to hide all of his life
• Only to die for Jesus’ manipulation and deceit
• This is the opposite of the rest of his teachings
• Luke makes no mention of the twin in the birth narrative

Doesn’t explain the empty tomb
If Jesus’ brother were dead, he would be in the tomb

Hallucination Theory – Amid their profound grief, the disciples experienced private and corporate hallucinations. Giving everyone the same experience

• Perception of objects with no reality usually arises from disorder of the nervous system or in response to drugs
• An unfounded or mistaken impression or notion: DELUSION
• The possibility of several different people having the same exact hallucination in the same way at the same time is improbable
• Remember, Jesus appeared to over 500 people in 40 days.
• Doesn’t solve the problem of the empty tomb

Wrong Tomb -The followers of Jesus simply went to the wrong tomb

• Mary Magdalene and “the other Mary” were at the tomb when Jesus was buried
• The disciples recorded that women discovered the tomb, even though women were not considered reliable witnesses.
• Pilate placed several Roman soldiers to guard the tomb
• The oldest argument against the resurrection, which assumes that the correct tomb was visited
• Doesn’t explain why friends and enemies saw Jesus after he died

The Alien Theory -Jesus was from another planet because:

• Knowledge of Science and Medicine
• Psychic abilities
• Had the ability to heal himself in the tomb and escape unnoticed
• Locate the disciples telepathically and transport himself there
• It proves too much
• Any objection can be dismissed by invoking Jesus’ alien nature
• Everything looks supernatural to us, but is just common for his race
• No way to prove right or wrong because it’s unfalsifiable
• Commits the “confirmation bias” fallacy. Proves so much that it proves nothing

Legend

• Christ was never taken down from the cross
• Left to rot and eaten by wild animals.
• Apostles didn’t care what happened to the body; they could carry on the ministry
• Everything recorded in the Gospels about the burial and resurrection was invented to convey greater spiritual truths (via parables)
• This was done to vindicate their slain leader
• Doesn’t account for the Jewish claim of the Stolen body and the Empty tomb
• There are so many historical details at the time that there would be plenty of evidence to counter the apostle’s claims