A person who gives up on the historical foundations of our faith has in fact given up on the possibility of any real continuity between his or her own faith and that of a Peter, Paul, James, John, Mary Magdalene, or Priscilla. The first Christian community had a strong interest in historical reality, especially the historical reality of Jesus and his resurrection, because they believed their faith, for better or for worse, was grounded in it.”
- Ben Witherington
New Testament History
, pg 167 [HT:Eric... again]
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I'd go even stronger and say that one who denies the actual historical and physical resurrection of Jesus Christ is not a Christian, and not redeemed or saved.
I’m am open to the possibility that the resurrection can represent the "Circle of Life" which refers to the fact that death is not really the end but the seed of some other life. Albert Einstein indirectly spoke of the evidence that energy cannot be created or destroyed; it merely changes form. Most often when one talks about the "Circle of Life" that refer to an animal either becoming food for another or simply decomposing into fertilization for plant life, but everything in existence participates in this great cycle, including Earth and stars.
But does this mean I am given up on the historicity that the resurrection did in fact take place? “NO” But it is in fact an assured response that “Energy” which is the foundation for life is “eternal” empirically.
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