The Resurrection of Jesus, 2000 years ago, presents modernity with a massive challenge. If it is true, then Jesus must be true… if it is false, then Christianity as we know it is built on a lie. Author Lisa Miller’s new book, Heaven: Our Enduring Fascination with the Afterlife, which is excerpted in the latest Newsweek, provides the rationale for both rejecting and accepting the resurrection.
It is fashionable to construct religious observances along the lines of sociologically explained phenomenon. The argument states that the desire to believe in something greater is woven into our psyche, as a means of securing a social contract with the greater culture.
Crashing this generic social-religion is the resurrection, which truly stands the world on its ear, causing all to reevaluate not only their life, but all life as we know it.
It is fashionable to construct religious observances along the lines of sociologically explained phenomenon. The argument states that the desire to believe in something greater is woven into our psyche, as a means of securing a social contract with the greater culture.
Crashing this generic social-religion is the resurrection, which truly stands the world on its ear, causing all to reevaluate not only their life, but all life as we know it.
