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I am glad I know that magic and miracles existI believe people who don't believe in magic or miracles have no basis for their beliefs.
"awe and wonder" is what makes life "alive"
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I am glad I know that magic and miracles existI believe people who don't believe in magic or miracles have no basis for their beliefs.
So, people say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead...
But if he rose from being supposedly "dead", was he ever really dead?
Surely by definition death is final?
I think whatever condition he was in was not death
I think he returned from a state that was medically similar to death
And that if It was truly death then he wouldn't have got up again!
IMO:I get it that believing people can be raised back from death is hard to wrap your head around
IMO:
That is only hard for people who are "dead", not for those who are "alive"
And once you believe "raised from death" is possible
Then walking on water and others are no problem either
So, people say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead...
But if he rose from being supposedly "dead", was he ever really dead?
Surely by definition death is final?
I think whatever condition he was in was not death
I think he returned from a state that was medically similar to death
And that if It was truly death then he wouldn't have got up again!
So, people say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead...
But if he rose from being supposedly "dead", was he ever really dead?
Surely by definition death is final?
I think whatever condition he was in was not death
I think he returned from a state that was medically similar to death
And that if It was truly death then he wouldn't have got up again!
If that was true, he would eventually have died of old age like all humans. After the bible accounts of Jesus being killed and resurrected to heaven, he disappears from the face of the earth. Since he was still young and had more followers than most people on Instagram, where would he have gone to hide? And why would he want to? He could have just kept teaching and preaching.
I get it that believing people can be raised back from death is hard to wrap your head around, but if you believe in an all powerful God, you can also believe God has the power to perform a resurrection.
So, people say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead...
But if he rose from being supposedly "dead", was he ever really dead?
Surely by definition death is final?
I think whatever condition he was in was not death
I think he returned from a state that was medically similar to death
And that if It was truly death then he wouldn't have got up again!
The point of the story is lost if Jesus doesn't die ─ that point being his miraculous resurrection.So, people say that Jesus Christ rose from the dead...
But if he rose from being supposedly "dead", was he ever really dead?
Surely by definition death is final?
I think whatever condition he was in was not death
I think he returned from a state that was medically similar to death
And that if It was truly death then he wouldn't have got up again!
I read that. But the phrase "not a final judgement" referred to how Jesus died as opposed to if Jesus died.
And who studied that? So many who have studied historic Jesus have left the faith, such as Geza VermesThe title of mentioned study treats Jesus's death as a given.
. .... and all you have is faith......BTW: you couldn't back up your statement about Jesus purportedly being able to breath after the spear penetrated his body by a checkable source, apparently. I would call your statement presumption.
Sounds like what the Ahmadiyya believes, that Jesus was basically in a state near death but not actually dead.
ETA Meher Baba might have believed something similar but you would have to ask @sun rise about that for clarification.
Josepheus was a Jewish historian and he said that Jesus appeared to his followers alive again at the third day as the prophets predicted.
'The first and most extensive reference to Jesus in the Antiquities, found in Book 18, states that Jesus was the Messiah and a wise teacher who was crucified by Pontius Pilate. It is commonly called the Testimonium Flavianum.[1][3][4] Almost all modern scholars reject the authenticity of this passage in its present form, while the majority of scholars nevertheless hold that it contains an authentic nucleus referencing the execution of Jesus by Pilate, which was then subject to Christian interpolation and/or alteration.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]'
Josephus on Jesus - Wikipedia
so a man gets beaten . is hung by his hands with spikes . dies . some one thinks may not be dead so he jam's a spear into him. and you think that maybe he was just in a comma of maybe faking it ?