[jlisenbe]

For the final time - this refers to resurrections occurring in ANCIENT HISTORY, not the resurrection being discussed.

You do realize that the period of time in history referred to as "ancient history" closed around 500 A.D., and so included the NT period of history and thus the resurrection under discussion?

Read this today from Who Moved the Stone. Thought it laid it out pretty well.

"Personally I am convinced that no body of men or women could persistently and successfully have preached in Jerusalem a doctrine involving the vacancy of that tomb, without the tomb being physically vacant. The facts were too recent; the tomb too close to that seething center of oriental life. Not all the make believe in the world could have purchased the utter silence of antiquity or given to the records their impressive unanimity. Only the truth itself, in all its unavoidable simplicity, could have achieved that."

[waltero]

any plea for empirical evidence to support the resurrection is misguided.

yes. And to ask for one particular piece of evidence in favor of a conclusion is a flawed question.

Interesting that this also applies to the political mindset, especially to the right-wing of the spectrum. It is not surprising that the largest demographic of the right-wing is composed primarily of fundamentalist/evangelical Christians.

So True.

What of the Lefties..comprised of Elites/Scientismists?

Lefties - looking at it as the value of humanity in Science?
Right-wing - looking at it as the value of humanity In Religion?

The institution has made Alliances.

It is Science that has put us in our present difficulties.

[jlisenbe]

Well Walter, the supporters of the other POV have evidently left the room. Too bad.