Further Discussion with Graham Pemberton on the Resurrection
Graham Pemberton is one of my favorite writers on Medium. He and I agree on much, but one topic we disagree on is the historicity of the resurrection of Jesus the Messiah. Please read his latest post first: https://graham-pemberton.medium.com/the-resurrection-of-jesus-part-4-literal-or-allegorical-55e5208c9924
Graham, once again I am honored and a bit humbled by your interest in engaging me on the issue of the resurrection. And I am again addressing you directly even though this conversation is open to others to view and comment on.
We agree on many things, it seems, most importantly that the story told by today’s physicalist evangelists is wrong. I think we also agree that, if we are right and physicalists like Dawkins, Weinberg, Krauss, Greene, Carroll and so many others are wrong, the implications for us, life, society and our culture are pretty significant. I hope to go down that road soon and look forward to your engagement on those thoughts.
For Easter I reflected on the important question of resurrection and expressed my personal belief that Jesus did indeed rise from the dead. If that is true, a big if for sure, the implications of this are immense as well.
You disagree with me on the resurrection and provide your reasons for that. But I must admit, the…
