Re: Faith, resurrection, and disciples

Wesley R. Elsberry (welsberr@orca.tamu.edu)
Wed, 11 Jun 97 14:10:12 CDT

Jim Bell writes:
>Wesley writes:

WRE>That's very interesting as a piece of Sadducee trivia. However,
WRE>if it was meant as some sort of rebuttal of my point, it's a
WRE>simple non sequitur: It does nothing to indicate that the
WRE>Sadducee's found their own faith worthless, or that they
WRE>believed in resurrection.

JB>I guess I misunderstood your point. And looking again, I guess
JB>I still do. What relevance is the Ssdducee's belief system to
JB>the fact that the apostles pushed the resurrection?

If you'll read the original, you'll find that Brian Harper had
made an assertion that faith without resurrection was
worthless. The example of the Sadducees shows that this need
not be true. The relevance is with respect to Harper's
assertion.