Bizarrely enough (and perhaps encouragingly), some 43 per cent of English adults
also believe in the resurrection, the survey found.
Not exact matches
But I
also believe there's room within Christianity for people like myself, who don't
believe in a humanistic God that sometimes grants our petitions, or
in the virgin birth, or
in a literal
resurrection.
He
also seemed to say he did not
believe in the
resurrection.
Borg
also does not
believe in the
resurrection of Jesus, the basis for most orthodox (small o) theology.
After all, BO
also believes in «pretty / ugly wingie thingies, bodily
resurrections and atonement mumbo jumbo.
I
also want to point out that Peter and the apostles did not
believe in the death and
resurrection of Jesus until after He died and rose again (cf. Matt 16:20 - 23; Mark 9:31 - 32; Luke 9:44 - 45; 18:31 - 34; 24:19 - 26; John 20:9, 24 - 30).
If a person must
believe in the death of
resurrection of Jesus, is it sufficient to
believe in the historical facts of these events, or does a person
also have to
believe in substitutionary atonement?
Also, some
believe in soul sleep, that when you die, that's the end of the story, until the
resurrection.
It was
also held that Muslims must
believe in the Messenger's Traditions concerning the
Resurrection, punishment, reward, and walking on the path to Heaven.
Also what the Pharisees
believed in was not bodily
resurrection but «the
resurrection» when israel is restored.
In the
resurrection of Jesus, Christians
believe, God
also revealed the destiny intended for each one of us.
As Paul told the Romans, «What we
believe is this: If we get included
in Christ's sin - conquering death, we
also get included
in his life - saving
resurrection... God's gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master» (Romans 6:7, 23, The Message).
Therefore, it seems possible that this appearance of Jesus might be His appearance to another group of people who were
also waiting for the once - for - all sacrifice to be completed, namely, those who
believed in the coming Messiah, but who died before His death and
resurrection.
I
also believe that the Easter message of the
Resurrection of Jesus Christ provides a new context or dimension
in which the Christian can set this doing of good works.
Christians have
also believed that the
resurrection of Jesus points to God's capacity to overcome evil, at least
in the long run for those who trust God.
Not to mention that the apostles
also were skeptical about the
resurrection, and Thomas said that he wouldn't
believe unless he saw the nail prints and could put his finger
in the side of Jesus.
But based upon a plethora of New Testament passages, Christians have
also recognized that there IS indeed
also a technical usage of the term «the gospel» that came into effect after Christ's
resurrection that refers not to good news
in general, nor to the general revelation of God given through the Old and New testaments, but to the specific message that must be preached to the lost and must be
believed by the lost to receive eternal life.
If I had done that, I would have called it the «2 × 4 gospel,» because not only did I share with him about his sin, the deity, death, and
resurrection of Jesus Christ, I
also got a 2 × 4
in there... all
in an effort to get him to
believe in Jesus for everlasting life.
Even more incongruent, 6 percent of these atheists and agnostics
also said that they
believed in the bodily
resurrection of the dead.