(October 26, 2015 at 8:02 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: Christianity = belief in a magic Jewish zombie.
1 Corinthians 15:12-17. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?se...;MEV;VOICE
Answer the question in verse 13 = Do the dead return to life?
Paul was speaking to those who believed traditional jewish beliefs on Resurection. The Saducees taught and believed that their were no resurection. Paul is dispelling this idea with a logical train of thought. It starts with the miricals the Apstoles could do. They attributed those works directly to God. Now if they were not of God then God would not support their ministry with the signs and wonders that He did. That means God also supported their doctrinal ministry as well, which included the resurection. Paul is setting up a retorical question, when he asks this question.
Understandably, 'proof' for them' is not 'proof' for us.
So if you can not wrap your mind around the possiblity of a biblical resurrection because you have tainted it with a disbelief in magic and you assoceiate that word only with magic, then lets take a fresh look.
Let's look at just definations/principles of what is being discussed, and apply them to terms you know and can understand.
So ask yourself is it possible for anyone to die (in any way shape or form) and be brought back to life? Well, yes of course they can. we have all sorts of proceedures and technology that help us do this. (Again remember we are looking to see if it is even physically possible on any scale, or do we cease to exist when clinical death occurs.)
Now take your answer and apply it to the defination of 'resurrection' which is to be brought back to life from the dead, and you have your answer is resurrection possible? Yes it is possible, it is a proven fact. You just have to get past your own limitations you place on God, and what is being discussed.
