Did JC ever exist follow-up
Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:20:10 +0100
I am Davy the man who quite innocently started the series below; it was a
genuine question about the historicity of JC. The first thing that strikes
me is the insulting nature of some of the contributors. Why do some atheists
have to be so bloody rude and aggressive when hidden behind a PC? Give me my
nice friendl ...
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Re: Did JC ever exist?
8 Apr 2009 11:06:43 -0000
> How about *impossible*.
>I would not say "impossible" - however, the possibility is so small as
>to be negligible.
And, the possibility of the sun rising in the west tomorrow?
There isn't a real-world practical distinction between betting
on extreme odds - say, 1:2^50000 - and, stating something is
impos ...
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Re: Did JC ever exist?
7 Apr 2009 02:07:07 -0000
> Well, I think it is very *unlikely* that a person named Jesus and as
> described in the books of the bible
How about *impossible*.
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LEN-OK lets suppose the Russians or Chinese had been strong enough
Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:58:29 -0500
LEN-OK lets suppose the Russians or Chinese had been strong enough
(Aila?B)
I totally agree with you on some things. But our distant relatives came
here from different countries. Jews, French, Irish, etc. My Belief
system is not one that judges other people. I'm sure that chinese,
Japanese, Irish, etc. Look a ...
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Re: Believers
5 Apr 2009 20:06:11 -0000
> Parents inculcate belief in
> God in their children for various reasons
Out of habit, to name just one.
> but control does not loom large in
> them I would say.
"If you're bad Jesus/God/Allah will punish you. If you're bad
you'll burn in hell. Etc, etc." If you think religion isn't
about societal contro ...
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Re: Believers
5 Apr 2009 07:10:59 -0000
> What the Dickens do you mean by that question?
I mean, if you believe in something that has no
basis in reality, has no proof or evidence attached
to it - then your belief can be considered irrational.
The proposition isn't that difficult.
> The whole bloomin point is that religion is about miracles.
You ...
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Re: Spirituality
Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:11:36 GMT
Responding to Christopher A. Lee:
> On Sat, 4 Apr 2009 14:11:08 +0200, "pg" <pgk9@alpesprovence.net> wrote:
>
>>"Mike Jones" <Not@Arizona.Bay> wrote in message
>>news:pan.2009.04.04.11.45.11@Arizona.Bay...
>>> Responding to pg:
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>> Listen. Disbelieve in me. Disbelieve me. Get it yet? It reall ...
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Re: Spirituality
Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:04:48 GMT
Responding to pg:
> "Mike Jones" <Not@Arizona.Bay> wrote in message
> news:pan.2009.04.04.11.45.11@Arizona.Bay...
>> Responding to pg:
>>
>> [...]
>>> Listen. Disbelieve in me. Disbelieve me. Get it yet? It really isn't
>>> that complicated. Do you understand the difference? There are two
>>> meanings.
>>
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Re: Did JC ever exist?
4 Apr 2009 11:55:35 -0000
> Is it possible that Jesus Christ ever existed, has he any historicity at
> all?
The JC of myth may be based on a factual person existing at the time.
As to his commonly believed existence - virgin birth, miracles, water
walking, resurrection - that character is obviously fictional and was
constructed in the c ...
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Re: Spirituality
Sat, 04 Apr 2009 11:45:11 GMT
Responding to pg:
[...]
> Listen. Disbelieve in me. Disbelieve me. Get it yet? It really isn't
> that complicated. Do you understand the difference? There are two
> meanings.
A bit like the difference between "Not a theist" and "atheist" then?
;)
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