Carolina QuotesIf the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is doomed. For that view of resurrection is not believable, and if that is all there is, then Christianity, which depends upon the truth and authenticity of Jesus' resurrection, also is not believable.
John Shelby Spong Carolinian
Source
p. 238
- work
- Resurrection: Myth or Reality? (1994)
- year
- 1994
- locator
- p. 238
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