Imagine: No Physical Resurrection

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Do moments of violence live on in eternity?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

I can meet you in any moment, in any place or circumstance. Awesome!!
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Okay, here’s the statement we’ve all signed and will present at Pilate’s palace at the end of the march on Sunday: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal…’”

[But some are created more equal than others, right? Even if we think He could have said this, He didn’t. And what about Him? Created? Equal?...]

D. Blog: Imagining

Imagine that archaeologists find Jesus’ bodily remains and can prove it (I don’t know how – DNA that floats??). We’re imagining here.

What are the implications of such a discovery/proof? First, of course, many people will not accept the scientific “proof.” Belief in the physical resurrection suffers, nonetheless. People have to examine what they believe. About the early Christian accounts in the Bible. About the meaning of salvation if not connected to bodily resurrection. About the importance of Jesus’ earthly life, if not focused on getting us saved and into heaven. About His “Lordship” if not about some future condition. About His ongoing life, if not in some other place than here and among His followers. About the nature of resurrection and eternal life.

I don’t think it will happen, but if it did I think it might have an overall positive effect.