Most Christians in the US don’t believe they will experience a resurrection of their bodies when they die … 36% said ‘yes’ to the question, ‘Do you believe that, after you die, your physical body will be resurrected some day?’ Another 54% said they do not believe, and 10% were undecided. ‘This reflects the very low state of doctrinal preaching in our churches’, said Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary … The findings surprised many top theologians since it seems to put Americans in conflict with both the Nicene Creed and the Apostles’ Creed … (New Life, 18 May 2006)

How is God supposed to get all the dispersed molecules back together again? And what about the atoms that have become other living tissue e.g. part of someone else’s brain? Of course, if it was Al Mohler’s brain he probably wouldn’t notice if a bit of it suddenly flew out to become part of a resurrectee’s armpit, but I don’t think I’d like it.

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