Posted on 04/15/2006 2:21:15 PM PDT by Ozone34
The Standard of London, in a fit of perversity, has asked key public figures in England whether they believe Jesus literally rose from the dead. This produced answers that ranged from lyrical to disgusting to hilarious. A couple of well-known prelates dodged the question, for instance, and the press office at No. 10 Downing St. informed the paper that Prime Minister Tony Blair, a serial avower of his faith, would not answer such questions. Such is the challenge of faith in a roiled world. Easter is the most extraordinary of religious holidays because it dares believers to step up and embrace the impossible: the declaration that Jesus of Nazareth died, was buried and rose on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.
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Let it go. It is a pedantic attempt to be clever.
No, you?
He is risen indeed!
I'm Baptist, what religion are you?
I don't believe in religion just the bible, why?
you do not believe the word of God but you believe the Bible? I'm not folling you
Where did I say that?
Well if God says it was 7 24 hour days, that's cool with me.
Lu 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
I think we need to contact Dale Ahlquist to settle this matter!
The logical proof of the Resurrection is this:
12 men went out into the world to bring all to Christ, risking their very lives in the face of Jewish and Roman wrath, and with nothing to gain.
Had they been sitting in that room after the Crucifixion with no risen Savior, knowing that Jesus had said he would come back but didn't, they would have given up, thinking Jesus was not who he said he was, and that it was all just a lie.
They went out to convert the world because something very extraordinary had happened: they had seen the risen Lord, and furthermore, some had seen him Ascend to heaven.
I stand corrected. I defer to Avery Cardinal Dulles:
"To establish the fact of Christian revelation, Lewis pursues two lines of argument. His first approach is from the claims of Christ. In a trilemma borrowed from G.K. Chesterton he asserts that anyone who claims to be God must be a lunatic, a liar, or, in fact, God; since Jesus, who made divine claims, was neither a liar nor a madman, therefore he was God. Lewis knows, of course, that the argument is not that simple. Nearly everyone will concede that Jesus was neither a lunatic nor a deceiver, but Lewis wants to make the adversaries explain why, after asserting that Jesus was sane and good, they deny his divinity."
http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft0506/articles/dulles.html
Thanks for straightening me out!
Of course Jesus rose from the dead. What's evolution got to do with that?
Matthew 19
16 Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life?”
17 So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good? No one is good but One, that is, God.
bttt
Excellent reasoning. Thank you.
In Post 39
you said
Believing God himself was born to a woman and then died and then rose again is easy.
Believing God created the world in 600 trillion years let alone 6 days is too much to accept.
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