Tag: resurrection
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12 minutes into Easter
It’s Easter. In Jerusalem it’s probably already morning and the tomb is empty. It’s a little after midnight here. A long time and a long way off from the resurrection of Jesus Christ. My brain is mush. Held together with very modern psych meds. Jesus isn’t going to change that. I wonder if his going…
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The Greatest Myth of the Scientific Mind
Sometimes I doubt that there are gods or a God. The best arguments for the divine are largely unfalsifiable. Did Jesus miraculously rise from the dead? I don’t care if you believe he did or not but I hope you will see that to prove it one way or the other we would have to…
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History Lessons
What historical event fascinates you the most? The historical event that most fascinates me is the appearance of Jesus Christ in the Americas after his resurrection. It is not largely recognized as historical but it is the most monumental thing that has happened to the human race apart from the resurrection itself. If Christ really…
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Why I’m A Mormon
The Book of Mormon rises and falls on the single claim that Jesus visited the Americas after his resurrection. No amount of historical or archeological data can prove or disprove that one thing. The same is true for the resurrection itself. The central claim of traditional Christianity has to be taken on faith because it…