Contradiction: The Nature of the Resurrection
There are plenty of anti-Christian sites that list Biblical conradictions. I think most are trivial. Okay, if you are against inerrancy, each contradiction is significant, but otherwise I do not think many really matter. However, the resurrection is fundamental to Christianity, and the contradiction there strikes me as very significant. Jesus as Prototype First, we need to consider how Jesus is relevant here. Paul is quite clear: 1 Corinthians 15:20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Jesus was the prototype. His resurrection was the first, but all good Christians can expect to be resurrected in the same way . A Spiritual Resurrection Paul goes on in his epistle to...