Let's Talk About Faith and Intellect Quotes

“Christianity was predicated on the seemingly absurd claim that a man crucified and then buried in a tomb for three days rose from the dead and ascended to heaven. That story took hold and flourished in a Roman society that had inherited the richest philosophical traditions in the Western world. Even the Apostles themselves were initially incredulous of the Resurrection, dismissing the report of Mary out of hand: “Now when Jesus was arisen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not” (Mark 16:9–11).”
― Terryl Givens, Let's Talk about Faith and Intellect