tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post111176974892694595..comments2023-12-21T00:14:42.856-06:00Comments on A Religious Liberal Blog: Dwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01022414933969854363noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1112021006834706762005-03-28T08:43:00.000-06:002005-03-28T08:43:00.000-06:00Greg said..."why does "resurrection" have to mean ...Greg said...<BR/><BR/>"why does "resurrection" have to mean that a corpse got up and started walking around?" <BR/><BR/>Because that's what the word anastasis means, isn't it?<BR/><BR/>Didn't mean to be sarcastic in my earlier post. But why do we have to limit the wonder of this day? The Bodily ressurection of Jesus, strange as it may be, is simply the most logical conclusion to reach. NT Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1112018331241323892005-03-28T07:58:00.000-06:002005-03-28T07:58:00.000-06:00Dwight,I will stop responding after this one - I p...Dwight,<BR/>I will stop responding after this one - I promise.<BR/><BR/>Why do some of you insist on forcing your view of the world onto Dwight's post? Where did Dwight say anything about "no resurrection?" Or said another way, why does "resurrection" have to mean that a corpse got up and started walking around? <BR/><BR/>Dwight says: "Or as 1 John 2:17 puts it this "world is passing away withGreghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723971441793150228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1111967814243099572005-03-27T17:56:00.000-06:002005-03-27T17:56:00.000-06:00Christianity without the ressurection. I get it. ...Christianity without the ressurection. I get it. Kind of like an endless Rotary Club meeting. Dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1111966286158937022005-03-27T17:31:00.000-06:002005-03-27T17:31:00.000-06:00Codius,In the Easter Vigil service that I attended...Codius,<BR/><BR/>In the Easter Vigil service that I attended, one of the readings was from Isaiah 55. Isaiah 55:8-9 says "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, says the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts." I take this to mean that God operates differently from humans, and no Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723971441793150228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1111815789715711472005-03-25T23:43:00.000-06:002005-03-25T23:43:00.000-06:00Hi Dwight,I've been thinking about this topic ever...Hi Dwight,<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking about this topic ever since I left church tonight, and posted on my own blog, but I'm afraid you'll find my view of the matter quite a bit weirder than your own. In general terms, I think that there was something unique (in the strictest sense of the word) about Jesus: I express this by saying that Jesus manifested God much more completely than any other Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723971441793150228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1111804363985506632005-03-25T20:32:00.000-06:002005-03-25T20:32:00.000-06:00Interesting. My fiancee and I often have these so...Interesting. My fiancee and I often have these sort of conversations, with her taking a similar tack to what you're saying.<BR/><BR/>Several questions come to mind. Who is Jesus to you? How do you answer the question "Who do you say that I am?" I think that helps me to understand better where Easter fits for you.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I have trouble seeing as Christian any theology that makes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1111798005774971412005-03-25T18:46:00.001-06:002005-03-25T18:46:00.001-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.niebuhrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101844911569785828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5567830.post-1111797993093354392005-03-25T18:46:00.000-06:002005-03-25T18:46:00.000-06:00Amen Dwight-I am an ordained minister that asks th...Amen Dwight-<BR/><BR/>I am an ordained minister that asks these same questions (thankfully I don't have to preach on Easter). I have, for the past two or three years, wondered and wandered through the journey of my life asking this same question. Is not the kingdom of God something to behold on this earth? What good is an afterlife, if this life is wasted? <BR/><BR/>I am wanting to believe niebuhrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101844911569785828noreply@blogger.com