I read once on a forum something I didn't think about before. This believing in the resurrection would have helped people/societies that adopted Christianity to overcome when they have a lot of problems in their life, to think that no matter how much they cold have been touch, they could always rebound, go ahead, trying new things, having new perspectives in their lives, oppositely I guess to societies that stayed with beliefs like maledictions. I don't of the actual relevance of this, but it makes sens. If so, it is one of the good things that Christianity carried.
So, I don't believe in it.
Option 2 for me.
I believe that a spirit is not a physical thing, but rather the metaphorical totality of a person. It is their personality, their thoughts, their memories, their actions, their philosophy, their zeitgeist, their very way of living. As such, I believe that the Resurrection of Jesus was not the reanimation of his body, but rather the reaffirmation of his Body, his followers to the spirit of Jesus, to the philosophy that Jesus taught. Though he was killed, his spirit was revived and lived on in his disciples, eventually ascending the stature of a mere man, becoming instead an idea, an immortal dedication to the virtues of love, peace, hope, and community.
Similarly, the Second Coming is not a reappearance of a long dead man into this world, but rather the appearance of his spirit, this Holy Spirit, in each of us as individuals. By accepting his spirit, by accepting the very ideas of love, peace, hope, community, and reciprocity into our lives, we are bringing Jesus into this world ourselves.
In that sens everyone can resurrect and have a second coming, no?
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