By Lyndsey Davis (Follow her on Twitter: @LyndseyDavis)
Dear Honest Uncertainty,
I wrote a lengthy treatise and was revising it for post when my computer shutdown and my power adapter caught fire. I guess it was not to be. So, I try again.
First, I would say that any belief starts from faith. For Christian faith, I believe God calls us and we respond to the love that distinguishes Christianity from other religions. This is an intangible, but no less valid that recognizing any expression of love.
Next, I submit that you ask God, directly, in the form of a prayer for guidance the exact question you seek. For example, “If I am to believe in the resurrection, can you not direct me to the answer?”
I trust that God meets us where we are and leads us step by step. God’s word is a light for our path (Psalm 119) and shines on the path enough for us to take the next step.
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This is my response to entry #33 by Donald Thomas (Follow him on Twitter: @ForJesusGlory)
I apologize that it has taken me so long to write this response. Sadly, I have lapsed a couple of days in what was supposed to be 100 days of unbroken reflection. All I can say is, to the extent that I committed to 100 days of “reflection” - I have still kept my end of the bargain. Not one day has passed without me thinking about it. But, I do regret not finding the time to post more of my thoughts in the last few days. Hopefully I can make up for it here, and in the days that remain.
First, you certainly did imply that I have rejected the resurrection when you asked, “is it safe to reject the resurrection any longer?” But lets set aside for a moment what “rejection” means and instead focus on the positive. What does it mean to “accept” the resurrection?
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I hope that my readers will give me the benefit of the doubt that my excuses here are sincere and my apologies heartfelt. It has been a very busy weekend. I am on the verge of releasing the beta version of a Twitter application I have been working on for nearly two months. [...]
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I began working on a response to Donald Thomas this evening but quite honestly I am too tired to finish it. I do have another entry that was submitted to me a few days ago, but I would rather not post it at this time because I want to give it my full attention. [...]
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Thanks, this is my response to entry #30: Is it safe to reject the resurrection any longer?.
Forgive me for not knowing who you are, I only know you as HonestUncertain from twitter. Thank for responding. Allow me to clarify and respond, as we enjoy this constructive dialogue.
I’m not sure that I had implied you had rejected the resurrection, and I hope I hadn’t offended you if you took it that a way. So I’m sorry. But I’m sure you would agree that according to the Christian belief (Romans 10:9), if one were to die without accepting the resurrection one would not enter heaven – that person would effectively die in a state of disbelief which has the characteristic of “rejection.
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“I think you need to come to grips with whatever sin (sex? pride? drugs?) is holding you back from God. And then let go of it. Today. Now.”
-DM sent via Twitter - 5/13/09
Although this was sent privately, I posted this message publicly on Twitter today to get some feedback. As should always be expected, there were a variety of responses. What I asked specifically when posting this message was, does this sound more like something one of the sinners might say, to whom Jesus came (”I came not for the righteous, but the sinners..”) or the Pharisees, whom he chastised?
A good friend of mine turned it around on me and said, to him, it sounded more like Christ than anyone else. After all, it was Jesus who said “repent, and believe the gospel.”
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The following is a work in progress. Over the past month (and longer) I have spoken with dozens of people about their faith, particularly about the certainty some people have about the resurrection of Jesus. I decided I wanted to start outlining the different paths by which people arrive at that conclusion. No particular agenda here - just observations. Please feel free to correct any ideas I have stated incorrectly…
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[I]s it safe to reject the resurrection any longer? When will you die? I beg you to not wait; for once we die then the judgment comes. I beg you to ask God to give you the necessary faith to believe the evidence God considers sufficient for you to believe in the resurrection. I hope you will ask Jesus to save you and come into your life, for I want to see you have eternal life in heaven with God. -Don T, Entry #29 May 10, 09
Is it safe for me to reject the resurrection any longer? To begin with, I am not rejecting the resurrection. Not once in any post or comment I have made on this blog have I stated that I believe the resurrection did not happen. Nor have I said this in my daily life. What I have said is I do not know. This is honest. I promise you, I really don’t know. I doubt that you know either, but I will try not to judge. I do not know what you have experienced, or what truths may have miraculously been revealed to you and millions of others who claim to know what you do.
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BY Don T.
This is my response to entry #28, “It is natural not to believe in Jesus’ resurrection.”
Yes, it is natural to not believe in Jesus resurrection, for since the beginning of time, or at least the fall of man from God’s grace, man has sought to be independent of God. This is our nature. As such, we seek reasons to not acknowledge our existence depend on God. We even try to deny God is our creator though, as Romans 1 claims, everything created gives clear evidence of His invisible power and nature. Perhaps the 1st question to be answered is this: is there a God, such as the one worshipped by true Christians? If there is no God, then the question of Jesus resurrection is a mote point isn’t it? But I assume that you have jumped this hurdle, and believe there is a God who created everything with a purpose in mind and is interested in His crown creation, mankind.
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Forgive me once more for not having a lot of energy this evening. 100 days truly is a long time. I have been out of submissions for a while now, if you haven’t noticed. I am very thankful to my friend Jordan for providing so much to all of us. And the story of my personal spiritual evolution has been good “filler” if nothing else - even though technically it does not address the question I set out to answer - did Jesus really raise from the dead, or not? Can we even know?
I began this journey with the postulate - if Jesus did rise from the dead, then it is possible that I should come to know it. After all, which is the greater miracle - a man rising from the dead, and possibly revealing that he is God in the process - or me realizing it? If death has been overcome, how much easier should natural doubt be defeated?
So far, at least, this hasn’t happened. I feel I have genuinely opened myself to every possible angle on this - and still, no defense of Jesus’ resurrection has revealed itself to be truly convincing to my mind.
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