Sal, For Christians, the actual risen body of Jesus is very important. It shows that humans can some day do the same thing if one believes in his teachings. Stacks of theological books have been written to argue this point.
Also, there are some Christian ministers who believe that Mary was a virgin when she conceived Christ. However, Mary did have other children conceived by Joseph. What's wrong with that? Regards, John R. --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:37 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > I take this kind of discussion of even the remote possibility that > > Jesus did not arise from his grave to be a generally good sign. This > > is one of the more disturbing beliefs for modern people to have for > > me. > > I've pretty much always figured that the Resurrection referred to > Jesus' spirit, and that what actually happened to his body was more or > less inconsequential. Obviously, that's incorrect but since I'm not > Christian it's not anything I've ever thought about in much detail. It > just seems to make so much more sense, faith-wise, than him hopping on > some sort of cosmic elevator after his death. > > Then again, I've never understood the whole Trinity > 3-for-the-price-of-one concept either. If Jesus really was the cosmic > man-for-all-seasons the NT claims he was, wouldn't he embrace the > spiritual aspect himself, w/o needing the Holy Ghost (whoever that > is--I hope his name isn't Casper) as some kind of cosmic stand-in? > > And then there's the 2 Marys. How the heck does the one who was > pregnant before she got married, and then proceeded to have 4 or 5 more > kids, get venerated as a virgin, even after all the kids--while the one > who was a devoted follower of Jesus and whose name is not connected > with any man at all, get toasted? It's all totally beyond me. > > > > It means that any discussion of how they 'know" this is not going > > to go anywhere. It is my favorite Easter joke made real: > > > > Did you hear they canceled Easter this year? > > > > No, why? > > > > They found the body. >
