The existence of God is.The resurrection isn't.
The resurrection is just as supernatural as god. Scripture does say he risen, returned, and will come again. If going by scripture and using scripture to prove itself true, I don't understand why you need more for the resurrection but then when millions of people talk about god, you're okay with that.
The proof is the Great Teachers they have inspired. These were people that were raised to exalted heights and in turn raised up a community of devotees who have passed on to many generations teachings that have transformed clay into mountains and a speck into a star. The blind can see, the deaf can hear, the lame can walk the spiritual path of God. This is the true resurrection. This is the true miracle. This is the proof.
These people did not live that far ago. These people are actually people. You can be a great teacher just as a guru or someone who has no home in the streets. Anyone can be inspired by god. If you're using your experiences and thousands of others as evidence, that's the same as millions of people believing in the resurrection. They are both supernatural things.
One Bahai just invalidated my experiences as prove of the resurrection (and crucifixion and life of christ). If you do not believe in your (if you two think alike) and other people's experiences as proof for
both the resurrection and existence of god, then, it sounds more a hypocritical statement. You believe in one supernatural thing over another as if god and resurrection can be written in detailed in a book rather than experienced.
Please explain to me how that works in the real world?
Go and participate in Mass. People take the Eucharist twice a day up here and three times a daily further south of me. I'm sure people in the churchs aren't ghosts. Real world, yes, people hear god's voice. More personal, I felt physically, my grandmother's spirit (let's say her spirit is god instead). It was powerful, unmistakable, probably would have got me runned over by another car if I didn't catch my footing. I mean, I can try to go back 3,000 years and ask the apostle John to write my experience in the book so you can believe me or you can take my word for it. I don't feel the book is necessary to know god; that's me.
This all just part of the metaphorical language such as being born again and having living waters flowing out of us. It is how we understand our relationship with God, Christ, our purpose in life, and the world to come.
Since the body is sin, it will be shed and christians will receive a new body
Union with god happens with a group of believers come together in worship both on earth and with god in heaven.
It isn't metaphorical. Unless your relationship with god is metaphorical?
We know that the Great Teachers were real, each has a book as a record of their teachings, and influence that has formed the basis of civilisations. I believe this could have only been achieved through the power of God.
I believe John Smith was real because of his book. I believe the historical buddha exist because there is proof there too. The difference is John Smith, Paul, Muhammad, wrote about something (or one of you like) that cannot be proven outside
their own experiences. I'd tell them "cool. now I know who god is to you" because they speak from their experience.
On this thread Bahai don't trust to tell their experiences and one invalidated mine, and Vinakaya feels his experiences are not made for words. So, talking through experiences became moot nowadays. That's how I learn, though. Not through scripture, but talking to a real life person.
Some fuss whether jesus exists or not. As if jesus (and the other prophets) are not depended on god to exist but god is dependent on them to exist. If that be the cause, that's a huge proof god does not exist.
When our physical body dies, our soul is reunited with God.
Yes. In scripture it teaches when you die, you'll have a new physical body and your spirit will be cleansed of sin. Then you will live with god forever. I know JW extended a bit but forgot to ask them the verse. THey talk about a new earth. Which makes sense, since god keeps restarting this planet again a again. When your soul goes to go, then what?
The flesh dies but we already have a soul or new body as we speak. The soul came into being at conception.
We have a new body? (Looks at her EEG plugs glued to hear head and a set of pills on my table). I know christianity sees new body as perfect with no illness etc. The Spirit (or soul, either or) is free of sin so the body doesn't have that temptation anymore. Everyone lives happy ever after.
