Catholics, if you came to believe that the resurrection did not happen, what would you do?

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Wouldnt make any difference really, cause whether I understand or not the Resurrlpection did happen. But, it would be good if Jesus didnt promise us a return to this life, cause who wants that? I would just go along waiting for Heaven. I would not want to rise from the dead to this life, so I could carry on here; & I think most people feel that way. Of course you’d also have to remove the Eucharist, & how r u going to do that?
 
NowHereThis said:
Would you become Jewish? Reject Abrahamic monotheism altogether? Explore Eastern traditions? Stop caring about religion in general?

I realize that the easy answer would be to say “it’s irrelevant because it would never happen,” but please give the hypothetical a chance, since it is just a thought experiment.
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If the incarnation or the resurrection is false then Christianity is pointless. So I am not sure why you would direct this at Catholics any more than other Christians. I might consider Judaism if the hypothetical were true, but most likely I would just be agnostic. I would consider the wisdom of eastern religions and the wisdom of western religions but I wouldn’t become a member or follower of any one of them.
 
If the Resurrection isn’t true then life isn’t worth living… all the suffering… all the struggles we go through are as pointless as the rocks we step on. I would pull the trigger.
 
dskysmine said:
If the Resurrection isn’t true then life isn’t worth living… all the suffering… all the struggles we go through are as pointless as the rocks we step on. I would pull the trigger.
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Is not a Christians Faith stronger than this?

God doeth as He willeth dear friend and His Tests are His Tests. The Story of the Resurrection can have One and 70 Meanings. One Outward, 70 Inner Spiritual.

This is true for all Holy Scripture.

If one Holds to the One Outward Truth, then eventually the 70 Inner meanings will Tests Ones Faith.

God Bless and Regards Tony
 
manualman said:
I believe St. Paul answered the question best. If Christ isn’t risen then Christians are the most pitiable creatures on the earth.

Good thing He did, eh? 👍
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Or It could be looked at as the Jews, Christians were yet to fulfill their destiny. As we judge no person as that is for God to do, we would call no one pitiful!

Ask and it shall be Given.

God Bless and Regards Tony
 
NowHereThis said:
Would you become Jewish? Reject Abrahamic monotheism altogether? Explore Eastern traditions? Stop caring about religion in general?

I realize that the easy answer would be to say “it’s irrelevant because it would never happen,” but please give the hypothetical a chance, since it is just a thought experiment.
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Since I am Catholic and bound to protect my faith, which cannot be lost without willing it, I would then serve the fallen angels (one cannot serve two masters). There would still be some hope that through actual grace I could be saved later.
 
CrossofChrist said:
Jesus is the Christian’s faith. So without him, Christianity is -]kinda/-] entirely pointless.
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Dear CrossofChrist - Changing a point of view on the Resurrection does not stop one believing in Jesus the Christ. I can attest 100% to that.

Thus who is the stronger Christian - One who gives up His Faith when an current idea/understanding is tested, or one who Submits to God and explores the new idea/understanding

God Bless and Regards Tony
 
NowHereThis said:
Would you become Jewish? Reject Abrahamic monotheism altogether? Explore Eastern traditions? Stop caring about religion in general?

I realize that the easy answer would be to say “it’s irrelevant because it would never happen,” but please give the hypothetical a chance, since it is just a thought experiment.
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Probably Marxist, as it would at least hold a vision of some sort of earthly egalitarianism on earth, if there’s nothing to look forward to after death. I wouldn’t waste my time on other religions, since I don’ think they hold water either.

Although Buddhism might then hold some attraction, since a personal God would not be possible.

So I’d probably become a Buddhist Marxist. How’s that?

As a footnote, my old (Protestant) pastor, who was a conservative to his boot laces, once said to me he thought Marxism was God’s idea, given through a Jew. He quoted - “From every man according to ability; to every man according to need,” and then he added, “It’s got an almost Biblical ring about it.”

But he followed up with, “But the devil got hold of it first. You’d never get the churches to accept it now.”
 
NowHereThis said:
Would you become Jewish? Reject Abrahamic monotheism altogether? Explore Eastern traditions? Stop caring about religion in general?

I realize that the easy answer would be to say “it’s irrelevant because it would never happen,” but please give the hypothetical a chance, since it is just a thought experiment.
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I would convert to Judaism since as a Catholic I believe that God had brought the clearest revelation of Himself to the people at Sinai and that the expectation of Moschino ' s coming was still vital.
 
tonyfish58 said:
Is not a Christians Faith stronger than this?

God doeth as He willeth dear friend and His Tests are His Tests. The Story of the Resurrection can have One and 70 Meanings. One Outward, 70 Inner Spiritual.

This is true for all Holy Scripture.

If one Holds to the One Outward Truth, then eventually the 70 Inner meanings will Tests Ones Faith.

God Bless and Regards Tony
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“But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.…” (1 Cor 15:13-15)
 
SteveVH said:
“But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised.…” (1 Cor 15:13-15)
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SteveVH - Thank you for the wonderful passage, to which as a Baha’i we Love very very much.

Dear friend contained within this passage is the Way the Truth and the Life, I pray God that this you will find.

Let the Dead Bury the Dead.

God Bless and Regards Tony
 
tonyfish58 said:
Dear CrossofChrist - Changing a point of view on the Resurrection does not stop one believing in Jesus the Christ. I can attest 100% to that.

Thus who is the stronger Christian - One who gives up His Faith when an current idea/understanding is tested, or one who Submits to God and explores the new idea/understanding

God Bless and Regards Tony
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Except either Jesus is risen, body and soul, or he isn’t. A purely “spiritual” account of the Resurrection fails to take into account that the Resurrection necessarily requires a body. If we don’t believe Christ overcame death body and soul, we can’t believe in the whole Christ, totus Christus.
 
CrossofChrist said:
Except either Jesus is risen, body and soul, or he isn’t. A purely “spiritual” account of the Resurrection fails to take into account that the Resurrection necessarily requires a body. If we don’t believe Christ overcame death body and soul, we can’t believe in the whole Christ, totus Christus.
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Dear CrossofChrist - There are Many ways of thinking about this event and it significance as it also ties into the “Return”.

To keep an open mind on this subject may allow for “Stronger Faith”. If some of the comments so far in this post is an indication of what a “Set View” would encourage some to do, then!!!

God Bless and Regards Tony
 
Sy_Noe said:
I might become part of your fellowship, Unitarian Universalism. I know there would be a place for me and there are things about UU that I find attractive anyway.
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:yawn:

More progressive excuse-making.
 
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But what if it was not an actual physical resurrection? What if it was more like an apparition (perhaps one pretty solid and distinguishable) would that be ‘good enough’ for most Catholics?
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Thomas touched the wounds of Jesus’ Physically resurrected body. We BELIEVE in the physical resurrection. I don’t think it would be “good enough” for ANY Christian to accept an apparition. That would be too easy to for people to write off. As it were there is physical evidence to His resurrection
 
CarmelJerome said:
I would convert to Judaism since as a Catholic I believe that God had brought the clearest revelation of Himself to the people at Sinai and that the expectation of Moschino ’ s coming was still vital.
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What he/she said. ^
 
tonyfish58 said:
Is not a Christians Faith stronger than this?

God doeth as He willeth dear friend and His Tests are His Tests. The Story of the Resurrection can have One and 70 Meanings. One Outward, 70 Inner Spiritual.

This is true for all Holy Scripture.

If one Holds to the One Outward Truth, then eventually the 70 Inner meanings will Tests Ones Faith.

God Bless and Regards Tony
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Of course, which is why I believe in the Resurrection.
 
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