Most everyone is familiar with the Bible, and most everyone is familiar with Jesus the Christ, of which, even those that do not believe that Jesus is the son of God, or that all the miracles so professed in the Bible, actually occurred, there is almost always still a respect and appreciation of the moral and ethical lessons that were taught and addressed upon by this Jesus. However, when it comes to the resurrection of Jesus, there does become even for those of the Christian faith, a divide between those that believe wholly in that resurrection, as opposed to all those that believe that such a resurrection, was at best, perhaps a metaphor, or of good import, but regrettably not literally true.
Many people, especially those in western nations, see their physical body and this physical world as the only absolute reality; so that, without any real deep contemplation, they believe wholly that reality is essentially that which is visible, above all else. So then, it is true for them to say, that what is visible is reality, and that which is not visible may sometimes be real, but only to the extent that it can be measured by mankind's instruments in conjunction with adherence to intellectual and scientific theorems.
Yet, as much as they believe their eyes of what is real or not real, even the most ignorant, recognizes that people do age, and that people do change, and that ultimately all that is physical will decay, die and disappear. It therefore follows, that those that believe in that reality appear to be saying that all that is visible is real, yet, at the same time, they are also admitting that all is ever changing, though that change may be minute and of a change process that is often invisible or unnoticeable, but inexorably all does change, and that is the reality that they intuitively believe in. On the other hand, all miracles that overturn physical laws, such as the raising of the dead, as read in Holy Scripture, or the feeding of the thousands, or the spontaneous healing of those that believe, are considered to be tall tales, merely because it does not fit into their perception of the reality of the laws of this world.
All of this perhaps might make sense, if this world was, for all intents and purposes, the only reality, but, in fact, a world in which all is ever changing, presupposes that such a world is not stable, for the very same person, is an infant, a student, a working adult, and ultimately a retired, old person. Further to the point, that theory stipulates, that there was a time before birth, when that person did not exist, and that there will be a time after so many years on this earth, when the body will die and ultimately disappear, so that person again, does not exist. If, this truly is the reality, that there is no existence before physical birth and that thereupon there is no existence after physical death, than obviously it so follows that what is considered to be reality is not actually reality, but is rather an illusion of reality.
It is submitted that this world, and everything in it and upon it, is the illusion, and that which appears to be so real, is merely a story experienced in a temporal physical form; so that the true nature of who and what we really are, never changes, for we are all absolutely immortal, timeless, invincible and an integral part of that which is the One.