(July 16, 2015 at 2:02 pm)Pizza Wrote: It would an amazing factoid but wouldn't help Christianity too much.
(July 16, 2015 at 1:39 pm)Dystopia Wrote: It would at least mean that it's possible to resurrect outside of scientifically verifiable scenarios. And probably that Christianity is true. The foundation of Christianity is that Jesus rose from the dead. If he did, then the case looks promising.I don't agree with this at all. You would have to buy into the many doubtful premises: 1.) that bodily resurrections are incompatible with both atheism and non-Christian theism. 2.) That deities resurrect people in order to communicate with humans. 3.) That deities have any desire in communicating with humans. 4) That deities are human like to any strong degree.
It wouldn't prove Christianity to be 100% right, but it would be a first step, specially because the Resurrection is so important. It could be that Jesus resurrected but was a messenger of Allah or any other god, but anyway it would at least make a good case for the existence of a higher power if someone did resurrect outside of normal boundaries. That being said, it would still make Christianity more likely to be true than other religions.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you
