RE: Poll: Minority believe in resurrection

Why are we making such a big thing about this issue? Didn't the Lord
say, "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life,
and there are few who find it?" Matt. 7:14.

Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Ted Davis
Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 8:49 AM
To: asa; pimvanmeurs@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Poll: Minority believe in resurrection

I am responding to this, from Pim:

CINCINNATI, OH, United States (UPI) -- A recent poll finds that while
most Americans profess Christianity a minority believes in the central
doctrine of the resurrection of the body.

The survey by Scripps/Howard and Ohio University questioned 1,007
adults. Only 36 percent said they believe in the physical resurrection,
the Cincinnati Post reported. That included about half of regular
churchgoers

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Next time people use polls to argue for the teaching of ID because of 
popular belief/interest, should we also insist on the teaching of the 
problems with the resurrection :-)
My response:
The absence of belief in the bodily resurrection is extremely serious,
IMO.
 This is one of the main reasons why we are inviting Polkinghorne and
Luke
Johnson to our campus this coming fall, to speak on "Creation,
Resurrection,
and Eschatology."  My sympathy with NT Wright's position on the
resurrection
is well known here, and Polkinghorne's views are essentially the same as
those of his good friend Wright.
Responding to Pim's statement, YES, Pim, I think we should insist on
teaching the problems with the (false)Enlightenment view of the
resurrection, which many modern Christians quite uncricitally accept.
As
I've said often before, they don't think like Christians, and we'd like
to
help them do so and encourage them to do so.  Hence our program.  I know
that isn't exactly what you meant by your statement, Pim, but it's
certainly
what we will do.
Cheers,
Ted