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rug

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3. Not without adding an adjective.
Wed Apr 16, 2014, 04:08 PM
Apr 2014

It's a core teaching.

1 Corinthians 15:12-19

12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; 14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. 15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ—whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. 17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18 Then those also who have died in Christ have perished. 19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

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I guess you *can* be, but then you would be a Christian that follows Common Sense Party Apr 2014 #1
I agree. I think many Christians have a problem with the resurrection. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #2
Not without adding an adjective. rug Apr 2014 #3
it is a core teaching that I believe in. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #4
I would have included the next verse Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2014 #9
Can you eat pork and still be a Christian? Downwinder Apr 2014 #5
Yes. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #6
That is inapposite. Refraining from pork is not a core Christian teaching. rug Apr 2014 #7
Marcus Borg argues quite convincingly TM99 Apr 2014 #8
I read his blog, Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2014 #10
I am not Christian, so I can only speak to what I have TM99 Apr 2014 #12
Father Bruce Chilton okasha Apr 2014 #20
Yes, there are quite a liberal TM99 Apr 2014 #22
Chilton argues quite convincingly okasha Apr 2014 #23
In a philosophical sense yes, certainly. el_bryanto Apr 2014 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #13
How do you define okasha Apr 2014 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #15
I see some problems okasha Apr 2014 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author LostOne4Ever Apr 2014 #18
You've covered a lot of ground here. okasha Apr 2014 #21
Definitely you can "question" it goldent Apr 2014 #16
Paul said it best if there was no resurection then our faith is a lie . Leontius Apr 2014 #19
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