Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!princeton!njin!paul.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tblake@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Thomas Blake) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: The missing body/Empty tomb Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 04:35:48 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: State University of New York at Binghamton Lines: 38 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article I wrote: (In part). >And what I am trying to explain to you is that the bodily resurrection >of Jesus and the ability of Jesus body to appear in a locked room *does >not* imply imperfection in God, God's Will, or the laws of Creation. To which OFM replied: (In full) >[Paul talks about people after death assuming a "spiritual body" (see >I Cor 15). It seems reasonable to believe that Jesus' resurrected >body was of that kind. Presumably it can go through walls. --clh] I can accept that this is "reasonable". But, Paul seems to imply in I Corinthians 15:50 that the "spirtual body" is not made of "flesh and blood". Wheras in Matthew 28:9 the disciples take hold of Jesus' feet. In Luke 24:37-43 Jesus has the disciples feel his "flesh and bones", and eats fish. In John 20:20 Jesus shows the disciples his hands and his side, and of course in John 20:27 Thomas is invited to examine Jesus' wounds, (and does). It seems that these Gospel authors wanted to stress that Jesus himself wanted to prove to the disciples that he was "not a ghost", but had risen bodliy from the dead, (with all his body intact.) One may argue that the Gospel authors added these details later, but I think it's clear that they were intent upon showing that Jesus rose from the grave with the body he went in with. Now if a person feels they cannot reasonably accept that Jesus rose bodily from the grave for whatever reason that's fine with me. However if they imply that their interpretation is the only "reasonable" one then I feel I must object. I do not ask them to adopt another system of beliefs, only that they be considerate of the beliefs held by others. If they attempt to disprove the beliefs of others using logic which I feel to be faulty, I feel compelled to refute it. Tom Blake SUNY-Binghamton