Iesu Keriso, le Foafoa History

I le tele o tausaga toʻatele tagata na taumafai e fesiligia faʻamatalaga faʻasolopito e uiga ia Iesu. E masani ona tusia e tagata tusi e uiga ia Iesu. O nisi tusi e faia ni tala malie. Latou te fai mai, “O le mea moni lenei e uiga ia Iesu.” O nei tusi e masani lava ona feteʻenaʻi ma feau fou a le Feagaiga Fou. E toatele tagata e manatu o le tala ia IESy e le o se talafaasolopito moni. Tele o loʻo teteʻe i le FaaKerisiano taumafai e fai ai le tele o fusi e uiga i lenei. O nisi e fai mai, “Sa leʻi toʻatele foi.”

E sese le faitio. Toeitiiti lava o soʻo se mea matuia o le talaʻaga o lena e iloa ai lenei. O Tupe Maua o le Talafaʻasolopito e lagolagoina e nisi o faʻamaoniga iloga. O nei itulau o le a fesoasoani ia te oe e toe iloilo lea o lenei molimau mo oe lava.

Manino, O lau lava mea e fiafia e iloa ai fesili e sili ona taua ia te oe. O lea ua matou faʻatulagaina lenei faʻamatalaga ina ia mafai ona e filifilia faʻafitauli e te fiafia ia te oe. You can also choose how much detail you want to examine.

The content is arranged using the following general topics:

The authenticity of the Christian texts.

Can we trust the sacred Christian texts? O le faʻamaoniga mo le moni o nei tusitusiga e sili atu le aoga sili atu nai lo se isi lava pepa taua o faʻapena tausaga.

The integrity of the witnesses.

Should we believe what the gospel writers say? Some people say that they invented parts of their story. Na latou faia? Pe na latou lipotia ma le faamaoni mea na latou vaai ma faalogo i ai?

Corroboration mai lē Kerisiano Punaoa.

Non-Christians will not say that Jesus came back from the dead. But this section looks at the available evidence. It is exactly the kind of evidence that we should expect to find.

Na Maliu Moni Iesu?

Some suggest that Jesus didn’t really die on the cross. But is this suggestion consistent with the evidence? We examine the details of Jesus’ crucifixion. We also examine the circumstances of Jesus’ burial.

O Lipoti o le Toetu

Takes a close look at the accounts of the resurrection morning. Are these genuine eyewitness reports? Or are they later inventions?

The Resurrection Reports – Continued.

Jesus appeared to his disciples many times after this. This section examines those occasions. Was Jesus’ body brought back to life?

O Le Mea Taua.

How should we react to this?

Ei! Ae e uiga ia te au?

We don’t want this to be a purely one-sided presentation of the case for Christianity. So we’ve tried to make the discussion more interesting. We would like to introduce our resident heckler and skeptic – Ivan I. Aila. (If you speak his name in English it sounds like, “I’ve an idea!"). For further discussion, click Ivan’s comments.

Acknowledgements:

Much of the information presented here is not my original research. It draws upon many sources: books, articles, documentaries, personal correspondence, internet, ma isi. E le mafai ona tusia uma i latou. Ma e le mafai ona pau le igoa o ni nai. Mulimuli ane, Matou te faʻamoemoe e tuʻuina atu se lisi o mea fautuaina.

O nei itulau o loʻo lagolagoina pea. E i ai le tele o totoe e fai. Ua tuu i luga o le laina, i le faʻamoemoe o le mauaina o le tele o meaʻai-tua. Ae o le alualu i luma e tuai. E le lava le taimi. Ae e tele faamatalaga e tatau ona faatulagaina. Matou te faatoese atu ona o le tele o faʻamatalaga laiti ma fesoʻotaʻiga i isi nofoaga o loʻo misi pea. Faʻamolemole taʻu mai pe a e manaʻomia se faʻamatalaga ua leiloa. O le a fesoasoani lea ia i matou e faia ni mea e tutupu mo galuega i le lumanaʻi. Ae paga lea, atonu tatou te le maua se taimi e fesoasoani ai i lau fesili. (A leai matou te ono le uma lenei galuega!) Ae o le a tatou taumafai e tali atu i lau savali.