N.T. Wright's The Resurrection of the Son of God is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. He is doing the kind of history Pope Benedict advocated in Jesus of Nazareth. Buy it now if you care about historical arguments and Jesus.
Why should it be harder for a scientist to believe than it was for St. Peter?
Fact is, whether you're an astronomer with a Ph. D. or a barely literate Galileean fisherman, you don't expect dead people to come back to life! It flies in the face of your common sense and your experience.
Skepticism in the face of amazing stories is understandable. But such skepticism is no more valid coming from a scientist than from the apostle Thomas. Thomas and Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg had EXACTLY the same immediate reaction when told of the resurrection of Jesus: "Oh come on, things like that just don't happen."
Which is sort of the point. Of COURSE such things don't happen! Jesus' resurrection wouldn't be noteworthy (let alone miraculous) if they did.
The resurrection story requires ALL of us to believe in something that sounds utterly crazy, that's alien to EVERYONE'S way of thinking. It's a hard thing to believe in, but no harder for a scientist than for anyone else.
I'm disappointed. I thought a musical question would demand a musical answer. Oh, well. Something for me to work on, I guess, when I finish Iranaeus' pledge-drive song, which should be this week 
I want to know if a theologian can believe in the photoelectric effect.
When science properly understands hyper-masculinity, it will understand how a person can be brought back to life.
There is no contradiction in the mountain of truth. However, often the premise is not understood correctly.
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