Is Resurrection really a Good Thing?

[j***@go.com]

Some might say that Resurrection
is actually not a desirable thing
at all, that oblivion is a far more
restful prospect. Consider the
following stanza from "The
Garden of Proserpine" by the
19th-century British poet

From too much love of living,
From hope and fear set free,

We thank with brief thanksgiving
Whatever gods may be
That no life lives forever,
That dead men rise up never,
That even the weariest river
Winds somewhere safe to sea.

-- Jeffrey J. Sargent

[B.G. Kent]

Post by j***@go.com
Some might say that Resurrection
is actually not a desirable thing
at all, that oblivion is a far more

B - what would the point of having the bodies disintegrate be if
resurrection mattered?
Physical bodies are too stifling.

Bren

[Matthew Johnson]

Post by B.G. Kent

Post by j***@go.com
Some might say that Resurrection
is actually not a desirable thing
at all, that oblivion is a far more

B - what would the point of having the bodies disintegrate be if
resurrection mattered?

How can you not know the answer to this question? Paul explained it well in I
Corinthians 15. If you really were Christian, you probably would know this. But
since you are a fraud, calling yourself 'Christian', while holding NONE of the
key beliefs of Christianity, you do not know.

Why, Paul even calls you 'foolish' in that passage;)

Recall:

But some one will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they
come?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And
what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat
or of some other grain. But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each
kind of seed its own body. For not all flesh is alike, but there is one kind for
men, another for animals, another for birds, and another for fish. There are
celestial bodies and there are terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the
celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one
glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars;
for star differs from star in glory. So is it with the resurrection of the dead.
What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in
dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.
It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a
physical body, there is also a spiritual body.
(1Co 15:35-44 RSVA)

Post by B.G. Kent
Physical bodies are too stifling.

You would not find them so 'stifling' if you were Christian, even though
physical bodies are far more difficult to deal with than the spiritual bodies
(which are still also physical, but no longer carnal) that we will have.

[b***@dodo.com.au]

Post by j***@go.com
Some might say that Resurrection
is actually not a desirable thing
at all, that oblivion is a far more
restful prospect. Consider the

...

Depends on the "quality of life" to use a hackneyed phrase. I don't
think I'd particularly want to come back to this world, and I can
recognise the sentiment of the poet. This world may be beautiful
enough in it's own right, but the human race makes a real mess of
everthing.

Whilst Christ reappeared in this world on and off for a period of
about 40 days, according to tradition, He didn't stay here.

"My kingdom is not of this world" is one of the bluntest statements in
the Bible.