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Contemporary Scholarship and the Historical Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus Christ
Faith Facts ^ | June 1, 2005 | William Lane Craig

Posted on 03/30/2024 9:27:30 AM PDT by grumpa

WHY THE RESURRECTION IS IMPORTANT

"Man," writes Loren Eisley, "is the cosmic Orphan." He is the only creature in the universe who asks, Why? Other animals have instincts to guide them, but man has learned to ask questions. "Who am I?" he asks. "Why am I here? Where am I going?"

Ever since the Enlightenment, when modern man threw off the shackles of religion, he has tried to answer these questions without reference to God. But the answers that came back were not exhilarating, but dark and terrible:

"You are an accidental by-product of nature, the result of matter plus time plus chance. There is no reason for your existence. All you face is death. Your life is but a spark in the infinite darkness, a spark that appears, flickers, and dies forever."

If there is an afterlife as prefigured by the resurrection of Jesus, everything changes. Let us look briefly at what modern scholarship has to say about the historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ....

(Excerpt) Read more at faithfacts.org ...


TOPICS: Theology
KEYWORDS: blogpimp; evidence; jesus; resurrection
FaithFacts.org is a website focused on apologetics, which means using reason and evidence to defend the Christian faith.
1 posted on 03/30/2024 9:27:30 AM PDT by grumpa
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To: grumpa

Thank you. Good arguments.


2 posted on 03/30/2024 9:57:54 AM PDT by KittyKares
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To: grumpa

Thank you for this article and resource.


3 posted on 03/30/2024 10:23:19 AM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: grumpa

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4 posted on 03/30/2024 4:18:51 PM PDT by sauropod (Ne supra crepidam.)
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