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Originally Posted by martinguerre
Simply, there are Christian theologies that both reference a physical re-animation, and a spiritual appearance/precense.
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This is why I have trouble with Christianity. No-one can decide which part of it is real.
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Originally Posted by martinguerre
The point isn't what happens in the tomb. what matters is that on Easter, it is empty.
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I'm not ever going to claim myself as a philosopher or theologian, but I think it would.
It would answer for once and for all whether the body was removed, whether it came back to life (the resurrection I'm talking about) or whether it just stayed there and the story is made up.
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Originally Posted by martinguerre
In the end, i severely doubt that the Truth would in any sense "prove" that Christian practice as understood today is True. capitol letters intentional...
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And that's the whole issue for me. Christian practice as 'understood' today is nothing like the thing that the real Christ taught. Pity, I'm sure he was a nice guy.
I agree with you that the mystery shouldn't really require proof.
If Faith is the cornerstone of the christian religion, then what is achieved when a sure knowledge replaces that faith? I think it just makes a greater division between those that have believed christianity and those who wanted to believe something else.
How much derision do the evolutionists already heap on the creationists because of the scientific inaccuracies in the creation stories. It doesn't make the evolutionists any better as people.