Re: [asa] Feedback wanted (resurrection)

So let me get this straight - if you were asked to fill a role in
Creation, as steward of some portion of Creation, and with no promise of
an afterlife, you would not feel it a privilege to play a role - however
minor - in the grand unfolding of God's plan in Creation? There are many
Christians who focus on our "work" in this world as our primary
assignment. This does not fit my sense of futility at all.

There are assuredly also many who do not have a faith perspective at all
who nonetheless feel a keen sense of responsibility/obligation and
opportunity to live redemptively, lovingly, and creatively "in the now".

Regards - JimA [Friend of ASA]

Dehler, Bernie wrote:

>You might want to ask Dan Barker what reason for living he has. I've
>heard the atheist response is "live for the moment" because that is all
>you have, but I've heard other philosophers say that that is even
>meaningless. I think they can only survive by blocking the question out
>of their mind. Everyone has the hope for eternal life in some way, even
>if it is a closet fantasy. Without that hope of eternal life,
>everything is futile. We come from nothing and go to nothing.
>
>1 Cor. 15:
>13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been
>raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless
>and so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to be false
>witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised
>Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are
>not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been
>raised either. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is
>futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who have fallen
>asleep in Christ are lost. 19If only for this life we have hope in
>Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
>Behalf Of rcmetcalf@thinkagain.us
>Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 9:50 AM
>To: asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: [asa] Feedback wanted
>
>Hi All,
>
>I only recently joined this mailing list after a visit with Randy Isaac.
>I've been a member of ASA for quite a while, but somehow missed these
>discussions (in part because my time is rather full already!). Randy
>urged
>me to join and I've enjoyed following some of the threads.
>
>Since many of you have backgrounds in physics, I have a small request...
>My visit with Randy was preceded by an invitation to Tufts to debate Dan
>Barker on the Resurrection. I recently placed my opening presentation
>for
>the debate on YouTube.com. I was hoping some of you might be willing to
>look at it and offer feedback here in a thread. Constructive criticism,
>comments, praise, etc... are all welcome. The video had to be split into
>four parts since YouTube has a 10 minute upload limit. The total time is
>around 35 minutes. Search for Tufts Metcalf-Barker Debate to find it.
>
>I'll be lecturing on this on Saturday at New Life Church here in
>Colorado
>Springs, so your feedback will be quite valuable. Thank you so much!
>
>Blessings & grace,
>RC Metcalf
>
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