Geoff of Perth,
I would respond to your post if you stated your questions instead of referring me to quite a long video.
Peter

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Dear George,

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You wrote :

« As I already said, not being a theologian myself I am with the logician Wittgenstein: “whereof one cannot speak (clearly) thereof one must be silent” »
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That sounds like a wise move, George.

I see that that was the final and best known proposition of Ludwig’s “Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus”. But then, at the end of the book, he warns: "My propositions serve as elucidations in the following way: anyone who understands me eventually recognizes them as nonsensical". In other words, in the authors own judgement, they don’t make sense.

That’s odd isn’t it ?

Perhaps he means we should not try to understand them but simply have faith in them – unconditional faith perhaps ?
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You also wrote :

« I agree with you and Peter that the Resurrection cannot be seen as restoration of physical body … »
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My personal view on resurrection is that, apart from the natural phenomenon of metamorphosis which occurs in the majority of insects (and therefore, the majority of all animals), there is no such thing as resurrection, given present-day state-of-the-art biological engineering. Also, I see no reason, at the time of writing, to believe in so-called “spiritual resurrection”.

I consider that belief in what is claimed to have been the resurrection of Jesus requires “unconditional faith” or “faith without cause”.
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You then added :

« … and I disagree with Peter that the Resurrection narrative should be seen only as a metaphor »
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At least his interpretation is coherent with his previous statement: “I have no wish to reduce theology to logic but it must behave in a rational fashion …”

As you noted, yourself, earlier: “one cannot find this way a justification for one's worldview preferences (although one can call them rational and others irrational if that helps)”.

Apparently Peter is not prepared to believe in the Resurrection narrative on the basis of “unconditional faith” or “faith without cause”.

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Hi Sells,

Thanks for responding.

I know the video is approximately 30 something odd minutes long but it goes directly to the heart of the resurrection.

I would appreciate if you spent the time watching the video and then advising if you could/would assert to the conclusions made in your article, specifically in relation to the 'resurrection' as you believe it to be?

Cheers
Geoff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon_hypothesis

Some people claim that Jesus survived the crucifixion and lived out his days in Kashmir.

http://www.stephen-knapp.com/visiting_the_grave_of_jesus_in_srinagar.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8587838.stm