Hello all,
The following is a passage about the Rt Rev David Jenkins.
Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Jenkins_(bishop)
"I wouldn't put it past God to arrange a virgin birth if he wanted. But I don't think he did."[3] His widely quoted comment about the
resurrection of Christ being "just
a conjuring trick with bones", is a misrepresentation;[3][12] his actual words as recorded on television say the reverse; the resurrection is not a conjuring trick with bones. The original line appears to have been "[the Resurrection] is real. That's the point. All I said was 'literally physical'. I was very careful in the use of language. After all, a conjuring trick with bones proves only that somebody's very clever at a conjuring trick with bones."[13] According to his BBC obituary, he considered "the resurrection was not a single event, but a series of experiences that gradually convinced people that Jesus's life, power, purpose and personality were actually continuing."[4]
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My dictionary tells me that "resurrection" means The rising again of the dead at the Last Judgment.
I was wondering if the definition of "resurrection" could apply here and what " a conjuring trick with bones" means.
Many many thanks.