Jesus' body

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In a message dated 98-12-05 10:21:54 EST, etyler@truman.edu writes:

<< That's "Tyler," and I only use the "Dr." on checks, airline tickets, and
 restaurant reservations.  One of these days, I'll be flying when someone on
 board has a heart attack or something and the intendent will want me to
 resussitate them; I'll have to resort to reciting an Old High German charm
 for fainting spells.
 
 Anyway, as I think I've made it clear on several occasions, I don't think
 that anyone can "prove" anything with the standards that Christian
 apologists expect.  As Bertrand Russell said, one can't disprove the
 existence of the Christian god, but then neither can one disprove the
 existence if Zeus or Thor.   Of course, if the gospel accounts were true in
 the first place, one couldn't possibly disprove Christ's burial because all
 empirical evidence of it would have been erased by the resurrection.  
 
 You're right, of courxe, that I'd have used a different phrase had I been
 talking to Mr. Bell; but nevertheless I feel as comfortable about saying
 that Jesus (as opposed to Christ) was never buried as I am saying that
 Muhammed never moved a mountain or flaming dragons never flew over
 Northumbria.  
 
 There are more reasons for this than the mere fact that Romans did not
 afford their victims of execution (whether crucified or not) any form of
 burial.  The gospels develop their accounts in such variant and mutually
 contradictory ways that  the differences can only reasonably be accounted
 for by the conclusion that they were fictionalized.
  >>
Ill disprove the bible god in one word: paradox

No such being of contradicting personalities and actions can exist any more
than a square circle...certainly not one purported to being perfect and of
sound, rational judgement. Certainly not a loving god.

Alvy72

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