Celsus on the Bible 'resurrection' stories and his critique of the crucifixion accounts

Celsus criticizes the Bible resurrection stories as well as the crucifixion accounts. Celsus, a 2nd Century pagan philosopher was a strong opponent of Christianity and wrote a powerful critique of the new religion called Logos Alethes or 'The True Word' which was later banned by Christian Emperors. In his book, Celsus commented on all aspects of Christianity. This video looks at what he wrote of the crucifixion and resurrection narratives.

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Chapters in video
Introduction 00:00
Celsus' key theme 02:15
The Last Supper 05:11
In the garden of Gethsemane 10:49
The crucifixion 15:34
Death and 'resurrection' 24:51
Visiting Hell 34:56
Final Words 36:45

Questions and issues raised in this video include...
Why are the gods of the Old and New Testament starkly different in nature?
Why are the Old Testament miracles far bigger in scale?
Why does Jesus never do grand ‘Old Testament’ style miracles seen by thousands?
Why no contemporary Greek or Roman accounts of Jesus doing miracles?
Why does Jesus disappear after his ‘resurrection’ rather than showing his presence to the general public?
Why Jesus’ declaring Judas would betray him did not change his mind? Why is Thomas doubting Jesus after seeing his ‘miraculous’ deeds?
Why is Judas being used to engineer the crucifixion?
Why is a ‘divine’ Jesus praying to avoid the crucifixion?
Why is a ‘divine’ Jesus failing to show a miracle at the best possible dramatic time?
Why is a ‘divine’ Jesus showing less spirit than the two criminals by dying first
Why did blood and water pour out of a purely mortal body?
Death is not a state of limbo but an irreversible end of life
Why a ‘resurrected’ Jesus fails to show himself to Pontius Pilate?
Why does Jesus need to convert to the dead?

Origen the third century Christan thinker's responses in his book 'Contra Celsum' are also included