No, I don’t think so.
In the late 1970’s, a house in Amityville, New York (on the south shore of Long Island in Suffolk County) was possessed by ghosts and demons, and drove the Lutz family out 28 days after they purchased it.
The story was the source of a best selling book, Mediums, witches, exorcists, Satanists, and necromancers descended upon this town in droves, there were endless television specials and news stories, and there have been–quite literally–over 45 movies based this story . . . including such gems like “Amityville Vibrator,” “Amityville in the Hood,” and “Amityville Death Toilet.”
The concensus of the mediums and assorted necromancers was that this house was on unholy ground that covered a spiritual conduit to Hell, that the house rests on a sacred Indian burial ground, that demons had been summoned in revenge for a mob hit on a Voodoo priest, and so on. The local cops also started finding animal remains in pentagrams (drawn on the ground) that suggested ritualistic sacrifice.
At the time this was happening, my family lived in Rockville Centre, which is about 25 minutes away (depending on traffic), and my mother drove me past the house several times so that I could see and gawk (I was about 12 at the time).
And here’s the kicker: It’s all bullshit!!!
It has been established that it was a hoax from beginning to end . . . dreamed up by the Lutzes, an attorney, and a local real estate agent over several bottles of wine. The motive was (a big shocker) money.
My point is that these “supernatural occurrences” happened in modern times with modern documentation, at a specific time and place that was well-known, involving many people (such as myself) who are alive today.
And yet there are many people who refuse to accept the idea that this story was a piece of cynical bullshit that was done for money.
There is much, much more evidence (and of better quality) for this house being demon-possessed than there ever was for the resurrection of Christ.
I know everyone here likes to fact-check, so please see below:
So, my point is that concensus and popularity doesn’t add truth to a patently bullshit story.
Just my two cents.
P.S. BTW, if anyone disagrees with my arguments on this subject, then please let me know. Christianapologist seems civil enough, and I want to make sure that I’ve been fair in the way that I’ve disagreed with him on the subject of Christ’s ressurrection, as this idea is very special and sacred to him. Even though I disagree with him, I still wish to be respectful.