“If Christ rose, we know for certainty that God exists, what he is like, and how we may know him in personal experience; the universe takes on meaning and purpose, and it is possible to experience the living God in contemporary life. These and many other things are true if Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead.
On the other hand, if Christ did not rise from the dead, Christianity is an interesting museum piece -- nothing more. It has no objective validity or reality. Though it is a nice wishful thought, it certainly isn't worth getting steamed up about. The martyrs who went singing to the lions, and contemporary missionaries who have given their lives in Ecuador and the Congo while taking this message to others, have been poor deluded fools.”
PAUL LITTLE, Know Why You Believe, p. 23.
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