Did the Resurrection Really Happen? (Or, A Reason to Examine Your Faith)

Starting with Hypotheticals…

If the resurrection did not happen then what are the implications for us as Christians?

It does not mean the resurrection of Jesus did not happen; it merely means, in my own opinion, that the resurrection of Jesus was not physical; it was spiritual. Even if Jesus’ physical corpse was thrown to the dogs as Marcus Borg claims, even if the skeptics were correct in that His corpse was merely stolen by thieves, even if psychology explains the commonality of seeing loved ones after they’ve passed as mere hallucinations, I do believe in things that are unexplainable. Some call it supernatural, others call it mystical – I like to refer to it simply as unexplainable.

We’ve heard it said before, “The past is only a story in which we tell ourselves;” it’s neither here nor there, therefore, it cannot be proven. We only have present-day reconstructions of what supposedly used to be. This does not mean the past is irrelevant, neither does it mean that the stories in which we remember are untrue.

Perhaps, what the supposed eye-witnesses experienced was a psychological hallucination and/or coping mechanism in which due to overwhelming amounts of stress and trauma their brain produced a final moment with whom they called “Messiah.”