Hi Craig Weinberg According to Paul, over 500 people witnessed the resurrected Jesus in the vicinity of Galilee. It was Jesus's one final miracle.
The resurrection was necessary to prepare a mechanism, a way, for our bodies to be resurrected in the End Times. It was comparable to Moses' leading the Hebrews out of Egypt through the parting of the Red Sea. If you like, it was a dialectical response to death. Roger Clough, [email protected] 9/12/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: Craig Weinberg Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-11, 12:21:57 Subject: Re: Re: victims of faith On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:49:31 AM UTC-4, rclough wrote: Hi meekerdb How can you demythify something that actually happened ? Jesus really died on the cross and was resurrected. You do know that there are many historians who question the existence of a historical Jesus. As far as I know, the evidence is spotty and suggests that he could easily have been a fictional composite of various teachers who lived in the wake of the Axial Age. I tend to give Jesus and crucifixion the benefit of the doubt, but I really have no evidence for that. Apparently there is no mention of his existence or crucifixion in Roman history from that time. Who knows? Personally I don't get the point of the resurrection. He walked around for a while - proving that he survived death..ok, cool. Then what? He disappears up to heaven, leaving humanity to its own horrendous devices indefinitely with a promise to return? I do like what Jesus is quoted as having said. As some point out, "Jesus christ was a bleeding heart, long-haired, peace-loving, anti-establishment, liberal hippie freak with strange ideas". Craig Roger Clough, [email protected] 9/11/2012 Leibniz would say, "If there's no God, we'd have to invent him so that everything could function." ----- Receiving the following content ----- From: meekerdb Receiver: everything-list Time: 2012-09-10, 16:01:28 Subject: Re: victims of faith On 9/10/2012 12:50 PM, Alberto G. Corona wrote: This paper of an evolutionist scientific denounces the mytification of Darwin, the spread of false claims that enhance his figure and even the creation of a physical temple around these myths. http://www.epjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/ep055269.pdf So when will be treated to papers by Christians de-mythifying Jesus and papers by Muslims de-mythifying Muhammed? Maybe science and religion really are different. Brent -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/everything-list/-/Onc9EZ7quwIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list?hl=en.
