Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!apple!sun-barr!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: correll@brahms.udel.edu (Sharon J Correll) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Poll concerning Jesus's resurrection Message-ID: Date: 23 Sep 90 07:11:37 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 30 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article howard@53iss6.waterloo.ncr.com (Howard Steel) writes: >I look at the resurrection story and what has grown from it. I don't need a >verification of that event to justify the changes that have occured as a result >of the story. In fact I don't need the event itself any longer, I just listen >to the message. > >>You would be deriving >>inspiration from a lie, or from wishful thinking. Is that what you want to >>base your life on? > >No I would be deriving inspiration from a story and the message it includes. > Christianity is more than a collection of stories. Foundational to the nature of Christianity is the idea that God's power is available to us to transform our lives. With or without the resurrection, this is an inspiring concept, but without the resurrection there is no evidence that the concept is true or something we can actually count on in real life. I suspect that, supposing the resurrection were "disproved", Christianity would still exist in some form, probably in the same form it exists in many churches even today. It certainly wouldn't be spreading around the world like it is today, because the missionary motivation and confidence would be gone. -- ---\ Sharon Correll \--------------- ----\ University of Delaware \-------------- -----\ Academic Computing and Instructional Technology \------------- ------\ correll@sun.acs.udel.edu \------------