{"id":372,"date":"2013-03-31T20:23:40","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T00:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/atheistintermarried\/?p=372"},"modified":"2013-04-01T09:01:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-01T13:01:45","slug":"resurrection-thoroughly-historical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skepticink.com\/atheistintermarried\/2013\/03\/31\/resurrection-thoroughly-historical\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection: “Thoroughly Historical”"},"content":{"rendered":"

I accompanied my wife to her church for Easter service today, mainly to watch our three kids sing. They were cute.<\/p>\n

However, the sermon was horrible<\/em>. The pastor asserted several times that the empty tomb of Jesus was “thoroughly historical.” He offered no concrete evidence, mind you, just an argument not dissimilar to this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But let me switch focus to mention that the pastor’s backing slideshow was very well done: professional and sophisticated. Yet my wife’s church doesn’t have that much money. They are working towards their own church, but don’t have one yet. So, with a production that slick, I wonder which organization the church is really part of. I suspect the church is an independent “franchisee” of a larger mega-church brand.<\/p>\n

I take the not-very-convincing repetition of the “thoroughly historical” resurrection as a sign that the New Atheism has made an impact. On the day of spring, bunnies, and chocolate, one clergyman had to–he had to<\/em>–devote much of the sermon to apologetics. And while he had a neat-o story, he had no documentary evidence or anything else of substance.<\/p>\n

Readers? What\u00a0 are your thoughts on the “thorough historicity” of the empty tomb? Do you think the New Atheists have put clergy-folk back on their heels?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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