Editorial - Human give facts meaning
Editorial - Human give facts meaning
Gary Walker
WE don’t know much about the Resurrection. The main fact is we believe it happened. The Gospels relate that the unexpected and unsuspected took place taking them by surprise. This man Jesus had died on a Cross a few days before and now he was up and about talking to people and eating food.
The Gospels were written long before the scientific method came into being; if the gospels were written now, I wonder how differently the descriptions might be?
Our modern context seems to place before us, two categories of perception - fact and fantasy. Religion belongs to fantasy, there is nothing like the good old facts to keep our heads on straight and our feet on the ground.
Strangely enough we have a contemporary crisis, not about the information but what the facts mean. It is the human who has to give value to information and give it meaning.
I read the gospel accounts of the resurrection and marvel at how they struggle to come to terms with what they have heard and seen. How can it be? What is going on? Faith in this person Jesus, flows for some, Mary Magdalene, but others, like Thomas, are not sure at all.
Just let your imagination go and think what it was like to see Jesus dead or learn about his death at the hands of Roman soldiers.
Then to hear these absurd and outrageous stories that he is alive! And then, meet Him!
