Article March 25, 1991 Issue

The resurrection's meaning for today

When we think of the meaning of Easter, the real issue isn't when or if Jesus' resurrection occurred, but how we can participate in it today.

Steven L. Fair

"You seem like an intelligent person," the message on my computer screen read, "so how can you possibly believe in something as impossible—and ridiculous—as Jesus' resurrection?"

This particular question came as part of a long, and sometimes heated, discussion among a dozen or more people on the religion forum of a national computer network I sometimes use. Anyone with the proper equipment can take part in discussions on almost any area of human interest—from hobbies to finances to computers to sports.

In this instance the participants included fundamentalist Christians, Jews, Buddhists, agnostics, atheists, neopagans—and practicing witches! The discussion began over the issue of whether there even was a historical Jesus (a point many hotly disputed), and this led to the subject of resurrection.

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