The Disciples Were Delusional

Were the Disciples delusional about Jesus’ resurrection?

A common argument against the resurrection of Jesus is to claim that as a result of the Disciples intense pain and grief; they imagined Jesus’ resurrection. 

Here is why this is very unlikely:

P1. While individuals have hallucinations, there are no examples of large groups of people having the exact same hallucination.

P2. While short, momentary group hallucination may seem reasonable, long sustained, and detailed hallucinations are unsupported historically and are intuitively unreasonable.

P3. The risen Jesus was reportedly seen on more than one occasion and by a number of different groups (and subset of groups). All of these diverse sightings would have to be additional group hallucinations.

P4. Not all of the disciples were inclined to favorably have an hallucination. For example, Thomas, who was skeptical and did not expect Jesus to come back to life.

P5. The idea of a group hallucination does not explain away the empty tomb.

C: These evidences directly oppose the idea that the disciples had group hallucinations, it is inclusive to suggest that the disciples hallucinated the resurrection of Jesus.