That#s the same as saying that Jesus never rose from death. But this is a core point of the Christian faith.

So would saying that Mohammed never went to heaven on a golden horse, is also right or wrong? That is also a core point of the Islamic faith. To an atheist, these and other stories (the parting of the red sea!) sound like fantastical fairy tales, but to the true believer, they are genuine acts of faith.....impossible to reconcile, don't you think?