You were dismissing the resurrection as not being part of the scripture. I think we have gone as far as we will go.
You were the one doing the dismissing - I was merely giving you factual information about a certain part of Scripture .. the original story of Jesus .. as told by the Gospel of Mark. .. You were not told .. as you claim . that there was no resurrection that was part of scripture . You misunderstood and twisted what was said ... somehow ... for the Jesus of Mark indeed tells us of the resurrection - and gives us the plan to get into heaven.
Thats what happens sometimes when you jump into a conversation and make a bunch of assumptions .. based on one snippet. Regardless .. I do not "dismiss" the promise of life after death at all .. ever .. in any forum.. and thus you have something confused.
What is not in Mark .. is the so called -
"Physical Resurrection" - as opposed to a Spiritual Resurrection .. like .. where your soul goes to heaven but is without your Body... What the original story lacks .. are stories of a the dead body of Jesus - "Zombie Jesus" - rising up and wandering about the earth talking to people .. having them put finger in hole .. and so forth.
Now whether or not you believe in the Zombie stories matters not .. my only point is that these stories are not in the Original version of the story .. which may cast doubt on the "Physical Resurrection" .. the story . does not outright dismiss it .. and certainly does not dismiss the spiritual resurrection but rather affirms it.
The only big question to you that remains .. is "Where did the Body Go" ?
and what does the next in the timeline have to say about it .. your favorite Brother from another Mother Paul .. who likens the stories of Jesus after death to his Vision .. calls them "appearances" like the virgin mary appearing in the Clouds to the Croud of 500 .. except this was Jesus they were seeing.
If that is all of the story you have to go on.. Where did the Body of Jesus dissappear to .. specially given Jesus was supposed to spend 3 days in the Underworld .. prior to being reborn .. Where did they hide the Body .. or perhaps the Body never made it there to begin with .. or .. "Grave Robbers" could have done it .. the Pharisee's maybe put them up to it .. so as not to turn this fellow into a Martyr .. but it backfired .
Your turn