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Originally Posted by dknightx
not at all ... but to be honest I have trouble conceptualizing something that is supernatural, unless by definition it is supernatural (like God).
I have no idea. There are a myriad of possibilities. Regardless, if you are saying that someone being dead (I'll have to trust your definition, you are the doctor afterall) for 3 days and then coming back to life through natural means, is completely impossible, then i'll need you to back up that assertion.
I believe I agree with the famed theist Dinesh D'Souza in what he says on this page of his book "What's so great about Christianity":
http://books.google.com/books?id=vVX...page&q&f=false
(hopefully the link works, i would hate to have to type it out)
Thanks for the link dknight. I too agree with the author.
I understand your opposition to my statements regarding the resurrection of Jesus as being "supernatural".
Perhaps I need to be more clear. I was under the assumption that we were speaking strictly of the BIBLICAL ACCOUNT of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. I didn't mean to treat it as an HISTORICAL ACCOUNT. There is big difference between the two. I choose to believe in the Biblical account as an historical account, but certainly understand why others would not.
However, when I speak of the "Resurrection Account" I'm speaking strictly with respect to how it is documented in the Bible. The Biblical account states that Jesus will be dead (100% clinically dead). We can debate the veracity of the death, etc. etc. But the Biblical account is clear, Jesus was 100% clinically (fair word? idk) dead. He was then raised from the 100% dead by God. God intervenes in this account. It is God who raises Jesus from the dead.
I mistakenly assumed we were speaking of the Biblical account rather than weighing it as an historical account. Again, I apologize for making assumptions. I never thought we'd get derailed about the term "supernatural".
Now that that's settled... we can assume the Biblical account as being something that was performed by God and is against the laws of nature.
Also probably not worth noting, I believe there is a reason that Jesus was dead for 3 days in the Biblical account: to insure that people could not state that he was not truly dead. If the account were 17.5 hours later, we could justifiably debate the diagnosis of his death. IMO, debating whether or not someone is dead yet after 3 days is well... silly.