Now I really don’t understand. You do hold that Jesus did not rise from the dead, and that his bodily arrivals and departures after the alleged resurrection were just appearances, right? Or have I misunderstood your position?
“And that business with Thomas putting his fingers into His wounds and his hand into His side? What was that about?”
How best to prove to Thomas Jesus was alive? Angels had the ability to produce a body that could eat, be grappled with, able to hold hands with someone, be lusted after!, so why not Jesus having that same ability? Even if that body did look the same during one of his appearances.
Please explain where in my response you find any statement about “the alleged resurrection”. Alleged is your word, not mine.
Please explain or show where I said what the disciples saw were “just appearances” and not an actual body.
“Or have I misunderstood your position?”
No, I think in reality you understand it but for some reason have misstated it, for what reason I have no idea. What I said is really quite clear and stated in normal English usage.