These bits of the record from Paul lead me to conclude that no earlier and independent source affirms that the developed story line, purporting to describe the events from the Last Supper, the crucifixion and burial of Jesus, and the resurrection itself, might be remembered history. If this crucial part of our faith tradition is not to be understood literally, then how is it to be understood? Did the death of Jesus not happen the way we have been told for centuries? Is the Christian story based on a fantasy or on a developed mythology? If this part of the Jesus story is not trustworthy as
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