Evidence for the Resurrection of Yeshua (Part 4)

~This is a continuation in the series forming the case for an actual, historical, literal Resurrection~

Following sightings of the Risen Christ by hundreds of people, the Church began to grow. The earliest members of the Church were, naturally, Jewish; Yeshua was a Jew, being the long awaited Messiah and all...

This next evidence is more circumstantial, but still is powerful evidence that a Man really did come back from the dead.

Abandoned Customs

Evidence for the Resurrection of Yeshua (Part 3)

(This is a continuation of a series.  It may help to read the second post before this one.)

For the third part, I would like to point out one of the first creedal statements, or sayings, of the earliest Church.  See, back in the day, the average layperson didn't have pens, pencils, notepads, voice recorders, iphones, etc. to notate significant concepts and histories, so the people would create oral sonnets (of sort) to solidify important, memorable truths.  Among these is a saying that describes the appearances of Christ following His resurrection.

Very Early Creeds

Some thoughts on the future

It's too bad that America doesn't see what's really going on here. Let's think about it shall we? An American President wusses out and pulls a planned defense shield in order to placate Russia. Then, America deals with Russia to reduce arms, whilst Russia turns around and sells $2.5 billion worth of arms to China. Russia's Putin visiting (also selling arms, trading, etc.) with Hugo Chavez. Russia and China dealing with Iran.

How many of you are old enough to remember that Russia (former Soviet Union) and China support Communism and are not the good guys (as taught in school)? These country's helped North Viet Nam kill 58,000 Americans and helped to kill almost 40,000 Americans in Korea. What these evil country's could not take by force they are now buying with money made from the loss of American jobs. Does anyone think these business deals are a good thing? If so, I hope you are brushing up on your Chinese.

As if that would help--they might rather just harvest organs...

We are in such hot water that the frog is nearly boiled. Americans are so dumbed down from the left wing nuts that they can't realize what's happening behind our backs. It'll be too late when we do.

Still, none of this means I am a pessimist--realist, yes. Here's a fundamental fact: I have read the last chapter of the last book in the Bible. 

I am fully optimistic in the End...

Until then? Meh....

Contingency Plans

When things don't go as planned, human nature, intelligence, and being itself requires that we adapt and react with optimism and hope. Otherwise, we can quickly find ourselves in a nihilistic spiral (indeed, just look at nations/regions of the world where Secular Humanism has taken firm roots and the correlation of suicide).

In the spirit of this optimism--particularly for those who have seen that for the first time in American history one will be forced to purchase something just for the privilege of being a citizen--I post a contingency plan from yesteryear.

When the first men walked on the moon, they didn't know if they would return.  We know that it works out in the end, but this memo

Science Tuesday

Late--early Wednesday morning.  Oh well.

The DNA structure! Amazing! Its information bearing properties and the bonding relationships of its chemical constituents are not actually chemically bonded in the longitudinal message-bearing axis! The nucleotide bases are able to equally and with identical probability attach at ANY site!

In other words, that only four(4) nucleotides can give the enormous amount of specified information we see in all of the Life on Earth is beyond chance.

Digging post holes

As I notice the culture around me and it's incessant quest to explain the world around us, I am at once encouraged and frustrated.

What are Universals?

I now write on what I believe to be the most defective point to the philosophical position of the Biblical skeptic.  This is certainly not original with me; yea, it has been consistently promoted throughout the 20th Century where those putting forth the idea pointed rearwards to centuries prior and claimed to have read others, like Blaise Pascal, promote the very concept.  Well, Pascal himself wrote in regards to the idea, "In what I am writing, let no one think I am saying anything new." That this point has not been disproven to this day--the same line of reasoning, the same clear idea, the same consistent thought--speaks to the power and simplicity to the argument itself.

Are There Secular Reasons? - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

To continue on the Darwin strain from an earlier link today:

Are There Secular Reasons? - Opinionator Blog - NYTimes.com

In other words, prior metaphysical commitments--so as long as they don't come from the Bible!!--are the source of secular argumentation. This is logically unsound since secular argumentation cannot ever justify metaphysical commitments due to the nature of their understanding and world-view. Randomness doesn't create order and matter does not create Universal abstracts.

More on this tomorrow...

Archaeologist Sees Proof for Bible in Ancient Wall - ABC News

Archaeologist Sees Proof for Bible in Ancient Wall - ABC News

Another story where, depending on the presuppositions of the individual Jerusalem scientists, the facts are just...well, facts.