# Peace Be With You

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**Category:** Peaceful Science\
**Created:** [April 1, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/peace-be-with-you/100 "2018-04-01T21:18:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2018, 2:06pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/peace-be-with-you/100/3 "2018-04-30T14:06:46Z")

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Thanks for the note @Patrick.

> [@Patrick](#):
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> Do you have any evidence of your pronouncement?

Yes, I do have evidence. Here is my summary:

[www.veritas.org/evidence-easter-scientists-list/](http://www.veritas.org/evidence-easter-scientists-list/)

But listen to Dr. Gary Habermas talk about the minimal facts approach:

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/peacefulscience/original/3X/1/7/172ed2810d518652fe1fc2c1938cf939b3cd6f80.jpeg "The Resurrection Argument That Changed a Generation of Scholars | Gary Habermas at UCSB") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay_Db4RwZ_M)

Dr. NT Wright takes a historian’s perspective:

> **[Christian Origins and the Resurrection of Jesus: The Resurrection of Jesus as...](https://ntwrightpage.com/2016/07/12/christian-origins-and-the-resurrection-of-jesus-the-resurrection-of-jesus-as-a-historical-problem/)**
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> (Originally published in Sewanee Theological Review 41.2, 1998. Reproduced by permission of the author.) N.T. Wright Prologue The Question of Jesus’ resurrection lies at the heart of the Christian faith.  There is no form of early Christianity...

The thing is that there is just a massive amount of evidence, much more than I can share briefly with you. Its almost as if an intelligence beyond our time is revealing Himself to us in history.

The Resurrection is quite a bit like evolution. We have to be careful about misidentifying our personal _ignorance_ of evidence as _lack_ of evidence all together. The two are not the same thing. There is a lot of evidence for evolution, just as there is a lot of evidence for the Resurrection.

This is not merely about Truth though, it is also about affections. Tell me, what do you think of Jesus? Have you had a chance to look at him yet? He is beautiful. He is good.

> [@Patrick](#):
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> However, in an increasingly secular science based society, beliefs without evidence does not warrant special privileges, nor admiration.

I certainly do not expect special privileges. I do not expect admiration either.

By confessing my personal understanding, I am opening myself up to being ridiculed by the scientific world. My experience with scientists, however, has been encouraging. Though most my colleagues are atheists, they have treated me with a great deal of respect, and even thanked me for my role in seeking common ground in a fractured society. That is science at its ecumenical best.

Science is meant to be a common ground for all people. I encourage you to continue the conversation. Thanks for joining us at _Peaceful Science_.

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