Why is the resurrection of a human body so important? (1 Viewer)

[SystemShock]

I've never given too much thought about it this way, but, while having my own little private online Jubilee with a few Christians about whether the resurrection happened or not, a thought came to me... I don't think I've heard anyone talk in detail about it from this perspective... I was told that the resurrection of Jesus is "the most important event in the history of the world", and that "without the resurrection, Christianity would not be true"...

The question that popped in my mind: why is it that the resurrection of a human body is so important, when god is supposed to be metaphysical? It makes absolutely no sense that the flesh and bones body of Jesus would have come back to life, then fly away into space in his physical form; I mean, the body had to go somewhere, right? The Bible says the apostles saw him days after his dead, but not in human form, more like an apparition (John 20:19).

Then there's Lazarus, and the dead walking the streets of Jerusalem... seems resurrection was trivial in those days.

Then I thought about the death itself... if Jesus was truly the all powerful metaphysical god in one of his 3 personalities, did he actually "die" in a human body? It can't be... so, where's the sacrifice?

The more I think about religions, the more I am baffled that people still believe in those incoherent, un-scientific, contradicting texts from ancient times.

 

[Booker]

I've never given too much thought about it this way, but, while having my own little private online Jubilee with a few Christians about whether the resurrection happened or not, a thought came to me... I don't think I've heard anyone talk in detail about it from this perspective... I was told that the resurrection of Jesus is "the most important event in the history of the world", and that "without the resurrection, Christianity would not be true"...

The question that popped in my mind: why is it that the resurrection of a human body is so important, when god is supposed to be metaphysical? It makes absolutely no sense that the flesh and bones body of Jesus would have come back to life, then fly away into space in his physical form; I mean, the body had to go somewhere, right? The Bible says the apostles saw him days after his dead, but not in human form, more like an apparition (John 20:19).

Then there's Lazarus, and the dead walking the streets of Jerusalem... seems resurrection was trivial in those days.

Then I thought about the death itself... if Jesus was truly the all powerful metaphysical god in one of his 3 personalities, did he actually "die" in a human body? It can't be... so, where's the sacrifice?

The more I think about religions, the more I am baffled that people still believe in those incoherent, un-scientific, contradicting texts from ancient times.

See 1 Corinthians 15. The resurrection of Christ is the "first fruit" of the resurrection of the dead, as his resurrection means that all in Christ will also be raised from death. By Paul's own admission, if it didn't happen the the faith is "useless" and he's a false witness, and there's indeed no truth to Christianity.

Keep in mind, though, that for Paul the resurrection is a matter of faith. It wasn't something that was witnessed and corroborated, rather, as he insists, he learned his gospel from no man, only scripture (i.e. secret messages embedded the Septuagint) and personal revelation (i.e. his imagination).

 

[SystemShock]

See 1 Corinthians 15. The resurrection of Christ is the "first fruit" of the resurrection of the dead, as his resurrection means that all in Christ will also be raised from death. By Paul's own admission, if it didn't happen the the faith is "useless" and he's a false witness, and there's indeed no truth to Christianity.

Keep in mind, though, that for Paul the resurrection is a matter of faith. It wasn't something that was witnessed and corroborated, rather, as he insists, he learned his gospel from no man, only scripture (i.e. secret messages embedded the Septuagint) and personal revelation (i.e. his imagination).

At one point, the message changed from a dead body coming back to life to a soul going into a metaphysical heaven. I guess someone put a little thought in it, after Lazarus died again

 

[Booker]

At one point, the message changed from a dead body coming back to life to a soul going into a metaphysical heaven. I guess someone put a little thought in it, after Lazarus died again

Paul writes about receiving new heavenly bodies that are distinct from earthly bodies, so there are some seeds to metaphysical transformation. But there was definitely a belief that the heavens were physically present and layered above the earth, and Paul expected to see Jesus descending through the clouds with trumpets announcing his arrival, and Acts of course begins with Jesus flying up to heaven like Superman.

 

[SystemShock]

Paul writes about receiving new heavenly bodies that are distinct from earthly bodies, so there are some seeds to metaphysical transformation.

Which is, even pedantically so, not a resurrection, but a mind transfer
I need to brush on that passage. Good stuff.

But there was definitely a belief that the heavens were physically present and layered above the earth, and Paul expected to see Jesus descending through the clouds with trumpets announcing his arrival, and Acts of course begins with Jesus flying up to heaven like Superman.

At least Mohammed had the decency to fly into (onto?) heaven riding a buraq