The importance of the Resurrection to Christian faith

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>PAT

>   How much time do you think would be necessary for such a legend to

>develop?  Some of the writers of the New Testament claim to be

>eyewitnesses to the events.  Why are they dismissed as fabricating

>tales?


AUSTIN
Actually, it can only take a few days for a legend to develop.

Don't believe me? Examine what is known and believed about the American
"Wild West."

What *exactly* happened at the OK Corral? Was Wyatt Earp a really good guy
or a thug with a badge? Who ws Billy the Kidd - how did he die and how many
men did he kill?

You see, legends develop very quickly - and *that* was at a more "modern"
time with "modern" press and communication equipment. Living people existed
who could refute the lies (and did - Earp's wife spent her life refuting
stories about her husband, but to no avail). How much easier is it for a
legend or myth to develop in ancient days?


Austin Cline; German Department; Princeton University
--- The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher
      esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.

               - Nietzsche "The Dawn" (1881)

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