Which matters more, life or death?

[hornist06]

So, this is going to be completely random and I doubt anyone will care to read it, but here we go. Last night/3am this morning I finished a book that brought up the question, what if Jesus didn't physically rise from the dead? Would that change what you believed or how you acted if you knew that Jesus didn't rise but really was just a human being

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[the_choir_bird]

Wow, you think a lot. This is making me think too. I'd think more but my brain shut off. It does that after 8:30 usually.

[the_choir_bird]

I'm pretty sure life matters more than death. It's not how you die it's how you live.

[dubside]

i disagree completly. dying and rising is important, not a "just die and rise" that was the entirety of the reason he came. to die for out sins and take away the power of death. he certainly did teach many more thing, which are in their own right greatly important, however, if you take away the reserection, you are left with just another jewish prophet, in which case we should not only live for God but we should also give him sacrifices or we are bound to hell by our sins. in addition, the idea of a 3 hour death is not impossible, in fact, not improbible. although it was a usually long process, it mostly relies upon the will of said crucified to live. if the person on the cross accepts their death, the process would be rather quick. also, the romans have fair records of when jesus died, even in relation to the earthquake that follows his death. on top of this, if you are going to doubt the idea of rising after death, than why belive any of the things he did durring life, as they all come from the same source. if they lied about his

[hornist06]

It was more of a what if question. I pretty much still believe that Jesus died and rose for us, but even if he didn't, I would still believe that he was Christ. He didn't just preach God's word the way most of the other Jewish prophets did. He also healed and loved in a way that no other prophet has. A love and power that amazing could only come from God. You also have to keep in mind that he didn't technically fulfill the Messianic prophecy either. Not the way the Jews intended it to be fulfilled anyway. And how do you explain the huge differences in the gospels? Each one portrays Jesus in a different light with a different theme. They can't all be the right story. And a huge chunk of the end of all of the gospels all happened when there was no one around to witness what was happening, although some of those can be explained. And along with your point on what is the life without the death? The death means even less without the life. Then he would have just been another man who was crucified. I guess my main point is that we shouldn'