" So the first step that those of us who wish to explore the meaning of resurrection must take is to recognize that the founding moment of the Christian story is not about either an empty tomb or the resuscitation of a deceased body. Its original proclamation asserted that in some manner God had raised Jesus into being part of who God is. Jesus was raised by God into God. "

― John Shelby Spong , Unbelievable: Why Neither Ancient Creeds Nor the Reformation Can Produce a Living Faith Today