Experiencing 'proof'

[Darkstar]

I guess we'll have to wait until someone "raises from the dead" to figure out whether or not that little biblical gem is accurate.

Ironically, Jesus allegedly rose someone by the name of Lazarus (different Lazarus, though the dead man in the passage was the rich man).

The story is here (in a few parts, for commenting). It is all from John:11 :

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4 When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days, 7 and then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

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I didn't know that Jesus (incorrectly) stated that Lazarus's sickness would not end in death. So much for omniscence. Now, I know theists will say "but it didn't end in death, he was risen!" but I'd like to point out that he said the sickness would not end in death, and Lazarus was most certainly not sick because he was dead (that, and the fact that he did, in fact, die).

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14 So then he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

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Well, isn't that ironic? Jesus just said he let Lazarus die so he could ressurect him as proof of his divinity. The opposite of what the other Lazarus story said just one book earlier.

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17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.

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Four days...surely he would have seen something of the afterlife by then, right?

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41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.

Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”

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And there is the ressurection proper.