Did Jesus rise from the dead?

The Archbishop of Canterbury believes not.
Dr Shepard stated
"It is important for Christians to be set free from the idea that the Resurrection was an extraordinary physical event, which restored to life Jesus's original earthly body. The resurrection of Jesus ought not to be seen in physical terms, but as a new spiritual reality"
He also said the the teachings of Christianity are largely symbolic and not to be taken literally.
No doubt he will be thrown out for speaking his mind.
Please don't shoot the messenger

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Mamapolo2016 · F

If this is what the Archbishop of Canterbury believes, I question how he GOT to be the Archbishop of Canterbury.

GeniUs · 56-60, M

@Mamapolo2016 I don't believe in god but I expect people who hold a paid post within religion to believe in it and not to try and reinvent it.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@GeniUs I do believe in God. I don't fault people for saying what they think, but as you say, I do fault them for not leaving a paid post in an institution before they publish disbelief in its teachings.

LeopoldBloom · M

@Mamapolo2016 It's the Anglican church. They're not Biblical literalists like the Baptists. They're more likely to view church dogma as symbolic.

If a Baptist or Assembly of God minister said this, that would be surprising.

Mamapolo2016 · F

@LeopoldBloom I know it's the Anglicans and they are entitled to believe as they believe. However, here is a blurb from an Anglican church website, the first entry in a discussion of the church's beliefs:

The Resurrection:
If there is any one thing which is the heart of the Christian faith, it is the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ – His self-raising, His rising again to life after the death on the Cross. The Christian story has no real beginning, because Christ was “Begotten of the Father before all Worlds”. It certainly has no end, as we recognize by our constant ending of prayers with some phrase such as “world without end”. But the Christian story has high points and the very chiefest of these, the keystone of the entire structure, is the Resurrection.