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I <strong>AM</strong> : M. M. Ninan<br />
2. WHAT IS DEATH AND WHAT IS RESURRECTION?<br />
The Greek word for resurrection is ‘anastasis which when<br />
translated means to make to stand or rise up. The evident meaning<br />
is to revert back or bring back to the original form.<br />
2.1 RATIONALISM AND CAUSE EFFECT CONFUSION<br />
In the recent years rationalists have come up with the<br />
interpretation that "raised from the death does not mean actual<br />
bodily resurrection." The question is certainly critical and the<br />
Apostles actually grappled with those questions. This modern<br />
attempt is based on three tendencies.<br />
2.11 HOW CAN THE BODY BE RESURRECTED?<br />
First, it is based on skepticism regarding bodily resurrection. How<br />
can a body that is decayed be formed again into the same original<br />
form? We see death around. We bury our dead. Some are burned<br />
or even eaten by animals, birds and fishes. How are we to expect a<br />
reformation of these bodies back to human form?<br />
The whole universe we know is in a flux. The external world of<br />
matter consists of matter in incessant motion. We know that body<br />
changes with time. The cells die and are replaced constantly.<br />
Living organisms grow in size, while they retain the essential form.<br />
But each individual has his or her unique form. What form each<br />
individual has is determined by two factors. The first factor decides<br />
the species form and the second is unique to each individual. If<br />
molecules are constantly changing, body is constantly changing. It<br />
is said that our body is completely changed every three years.<br />
Almost all our molecules are replaced by another similar one at the<br />
right place. After 60 years after 20 such cycles of change, we still<br />
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