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> [Many New Testament scholars have observed that the conception of the resurrection body implied in 1 Corinthians 15 clashes so violently with that presupposed in the gospels that the latter must be dismissed as secondary embellishments, especially as 1 Corinthians predates the gospels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/many-new-testament-scholars-have-observed-that-the-conception-of-the/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

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> [If, when we compare two versions of a story, the second known to be a retelling of the first, and find that the second has more of a miraculous element, we may reasonably conclude we have legendary (or midrashic or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/if-when-we-compare-two-versions-of-a-story-the-second-known-to-be-a/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

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## More by Robert M. Price

> ["You ask me how I know he lives?" asks the revival chorus. "He lives within my heart." Exactly! A figment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/you-ask-me-how-i-know-he-lives-asks-the-revival-chorus-he-lives/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [The Koran was assembled from a variety of prior Hagarene texts (hence the contradictions re Jesus' death) in order to provide the Moses-like Muhammad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/the-koran-was-assembled-from-a-variety-of-prior-hagarene-texts-hence/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [The notorious tendency of conservative apologists and New Age paperback writers alike is to leap from mere possibility to the right to believe. "If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/the-notorious-tendency-of-conservative-apologists-and-new-age/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [Real morality is not the product of fearing a spanking. But what does fundamentalist hell-belief encourage? It retards any developing moral judgment by freezing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/real-morality-is-not-the-product-of-fearing-a-spanking-but-what-does/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [“The answer is simple: if you cannot find meaning inherent in life right now, as you live it in this visible world, the addition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/the-answer-is-simple-if-you-cannot-find-meaning-inherent-in-life/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [“Warren is stuck in Sunday School-level, pretheological fundamentalism. It is religious infantilism of the kind that Freud to conclude that religion is nothing more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/warren-is-stuck-in-sunday-school-level-pretheological-fundamentalism/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [Fundamentalism fills you with answers before you even think to ask the questions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/fundamentalism-fills-you-with-answers-before-you-even-think-to-ask/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [“Born-again living seemed to me just a crutch which no longer facilitated healing and growth, but actually protracted immaturity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/born-again-living-seemed-to-me-just-a-crutch-which-no-longer/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [“But if subjective pietism is not the real crux of this all-important Gospel, if it is instead belief in the plan of salvation, how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/but-if-subjective-pietism-is-not-the-real-crux-of-this-all-important/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [I wonder how appropriate it is to try to 'argue someone into the kingdom.' Many apologists hotly deny any such charge, but I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/i-wonder-how-appropriate-it-is-to-try-to-argue-someone-into-the/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [“I bet you've seen the fundamentalist bumper sticker that says, "God said it! I believe it! That settles it!" It must be a typo…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/i-bet-you-ve-seen-the-fundamentalist-bumper-sticker-that-says-god/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [The born-again gospel promises joy and peace of mind, but it does so by prolonging childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/the-born-again-gospel-promises-joy-and-peace-of-mind-but-it-does-so/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [A critic may reject some miracle stories as legendary, and not others, with no inconsistency at all for the simple reason that even if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/a-critic-may-reject-some-miracle-stories-as-legendary-and-not-others/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [“Luke 17:5-6, a Lukan paraphrase of Mark 11:22-24, strikes a surprising note of pessimism: "The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith!' And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/luke-17-5-6-a-lukan-paraphrase-of-mark-11-22-24-strikes-a-surprising/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

> [Today's Politically Correct "historical Jesuses" are no different, being mere clones of the scholars who design them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-price/today-s-politically-correct-historical-jesuses-are-no-different-being/)

[Robert M. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-price/)

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