Belief in a physical resurrection

[BenRaines]

A few years ago I recall reading an article that stated that many Christian church leaders did not believe in the actual resurrection of Jesus Christ. Doing some web searching I came across the following. What are your thoughts?

Beliefs of liberal and mainline Christian clergy about Jesus' resurrection

[Misshalfway]

I came across this belief a lot of my mission. It was rather surprising to me, I must say, to have people so adamant about the truthfulness of the bible but to miss one of the major events of Christ's life -- well it just didn't make sense to me.

[Aesa]

So, so, true.

[KristofferUmfrey]

A few years ago I recall reading an article that stated that many Christian church leaders did not believe in the actual resurrection of Jesus Christ. Doing some web searching I came across the following. What are your thoughts?

Beliefs of liberal and mainline Christian clergy about Jesus' resurrection

I'm glad we have the Book of Mormon, which has no ambiguity about the resurrection. It's physical and everyone who has lived on this planet will be resurrected.

[pam]

Okay question. Those that don't believe in the actual resurection of Christ..what do they consider Easter is for?

[BenRaines]

Pagan holiday? Day of increased collections.

Ben Raines

[john doe]

Okay question. Those that don't believe in the actual resurection of Christ..what do they consider Easter is for?

A bunny who hides eggs, and a ham for dinner.

[KristofferUmfrey]

A bunny who hides eggs, and a ham for dinner.

Irony: Eating ham to celebrate a Jewish Messiah

[pam]

Seriously is that what they believe? I was really asking the question because I truly am curious.

[Wingnut]

Think about it Pam. What is probably the most universally known symbol of Christianity? The cross. Why do the LDS not use the cross? Because we believe in a living Christ. I would think that many non-LDS Christians celebrate the sacrifice and death of Jesus Christ at Easter, rather than His resurrection.

[AnthonyB]

73.1% believe that you can prove anything with statistics.

83.3% of people believe that statistics are mostly meaningless.

I would want to know the questions. Then the questions leading up to the question. As famously (well maybe not in the US) showed by Sir Humphery Appleby in "Yes, Minister", it is quite possible to get the same person to answer the same question with the opposite answers depending on the questions leading up to the question.

Although personally committed to a physical ressurection, as it is quite clearly IMHO the starting and central doctrine of Christianity, my guess as to those who deny the ressurection yet still claim to be Christians are that probably fall into 2 camps, with a certain amount of overlap.

Firstly the "spiritualizers", who have drunk so deeply from Platonic thought (the fact of which they are generally unaware) that they minimize the physical and place the emphasis on the spiritual. So Christ is alive but spiritually not anything anything as grose as involving physical bodies.

Secondly liberals who see Christinaity as mostly myth from which springs a philosophical beliefs systems which they adhere to. No need to attempt to pretend that any of the mythic stories are actually true but rather rejoice in the stories and ideas the myths are trying to convey.

[Wingnut]

73.1% believe that you can prove anything with statistics.

83.3% of people believe that statistics are mostly meaningless.

And 72% of statistics are made up on the spot. Or was it 70%?

[john doe]

73.1% believe that you can prove anything with statistics.

83.3% of people believe that statistics are mostly meaningless.

Call for sources.