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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:06 PM Original message |
Am I the only one here who thinks the 'crucifixion of jesus' is a myth? |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
1. I agree with your dislike of the way Jesus is marketed |
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DennisReveni (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:16 PM Original message |
Umm |
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Pale_Rider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
26. Hmmm ... interesting line .... |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
102. The Messiah was prophesied |
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Comadreja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #102 |
117. Hardly mentioned by Paul, either |
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HighTide (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:22 PM Response to Reply #26 |
103. Albigensians was the usual name given to the heretics, especially |
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HighTide (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #103 |
105. Hunted down by the Inquisition and abandoned by the nobles |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
116. Aren't they the Priory of Sion? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #103 |
107. They believed in 'living love' and didn't believe in Crucifixes. |
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HighTide (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:38 PM Response to Reply #107 |
118. more |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #118 |
122. It is believed that after the fall of Montsegur in 1244 |
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snippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:21 PM Response to Original message |
29. Could be poor record keeping. |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. I could swear Seutonius makes reference to it in |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
71. That only tells us that |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:56 PM Response to Reply #71 |
90. Seutonius was writing about Claudius' reign (41-54 AD). |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:02 PM Response to Reply #90 |
92. I'll clarify |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
95. If you like. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:12 PM Response to Reply #92 |
96. besides that... |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:14 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. That I've never heard. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:45 PM Response to Reply #96 |
125. Sorry, "Christ" isn't a name, but a title |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:59 PM Response to Reply #125 |
132. No you are wrong... |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:01 PM Response to Reply #132 |
134. Again, I'd like to see something to back that up. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:06 PM Response to Reply #134 |
139. More for 'Chrestus' |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:08 PM Response to Reply #139 |
140. Got it. |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #132 |
138. Ah- I take it back. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:16 PM Response to Reply #138 |
148. I went through a whole period... |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:13 PM Response to Reply #30 |
97. Seutonius was born in 69 CE |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:29 PM Response to Reply #97 |
106. Sure it is. |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #106 |
123. Obviously someone had to mention Jesus, or Christianity would not exist |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #123 |
126. Well, personally, I think it's the stories of miracles and fame that |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #126 |
152. So I am not following your position |
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Cat Atomic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:39 PM Response to Reply #152 |
164. You're assuming a religious argument. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:47 PM Response to Reply #123 |
127. Uh, he was known far and wide in a radius of fifty miles |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #127 |
144. I am not claiming he was known far and wide, but the Gospels say he was |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:21 PM Response to Reply #144 |
151. The early Christians were not into leaving stone tablets |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:34 PM Response to Reply #151 |
160. Deny evidence all you want,, I don't care |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:36 PM Response to Reply #151 |
161. Very passionate argument indeed... |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:37 PM Response to Reply #127 |
162. Records from that period are actually pretty good |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 03:41 AM Response to Reply #106 |
178. "Just" 80 years? |
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kcwayne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:21 AM Response to Reply #178 |
181. Its worse than that |
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oneighty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
58. Might be some dental records someplace. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:25 PM Response to Reply #58 |
104. Payroll records? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:40 PM Response to Reply #58 |
119. good one! |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Sorry friend but you are wrong... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
121. You Wanna See Marketing? |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:08 PM Response to Original message |
2. Hmmm. Something tells me this thread may get a wee bit heated. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. All the while... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:13 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Give it 50 posts. It'll have everything to do with politics by then. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. By 40 it should have the word "fundy" or "fundies" in it. |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. We don't need a bet, it's a scientific fact! |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Ha...not counting mine of course. |
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DennisReveni (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. You may want to read |
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demsrule4life (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
4. I always thought it was a bunch of guys that got drunk |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
100. The idea that Christianity is the result of some fratboy joke... |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:30 PM Response to Reply #100 |
109. Beware religion |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:36 PM Response to Reply #109 |
115. become your own priest then. (n/t) |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:43 PM Response to Reply #115 |
124. I am my own priest |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:42 PM Response to Reply #124 |
166. Me too |
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ChiefJoseph (272 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
6. I am not a Christian |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Well, there was no Jesus of Nazareth. But that's just because |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. Can you link us to some |
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einniv (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
39. Bzzzzzsttt. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
51. I have to call you on this... |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
88. What is that evidence? |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
157. There is NO "Historical Evidence" independent of the Xtian church |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
7. What makes you think myths aren't true? |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:16 PM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Uh, how can a myth be true? That seems to be the penultimate oxymoron |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. All myths contain a kernel of truth... |
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I AM SPARTACUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
55. Elvis lives... |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
8. I recommend reading |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #8 |
24. I have the Passover Plot and have read it. You're right it sure is dry, |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #24 |
53. Well, that's the nice thing about scholarship... |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:12 PM Response to Reply #53 |
70. I suppose I was trying to be a bit too clever. What I mean is this: |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #70 |
110. Several problems with the bible |
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DennisReveni (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:36 AM Response to Reply #110 |
182. Forgot this |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. What about that virgin birth thing? |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No, I do NOT believe that! n/t |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
137. Surprise! I don't either |
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mlawson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
11. It's not hard to believe that the Romans would have |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
59. There is no doubt in my mind... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:56 PM Response to Reply #59 |
131. Jerusalem, where the records would have been |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think it a myth also |
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coloktm (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. Are there no more democratic Christians left? |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I thought I might be the last secularist. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:19 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Dingdingdingdingdingdingdingding! |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:20 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. Quicker than I thought, but there you go. |
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LoZoccolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. This girl I met said that Lord Byron had this way of looking at women... |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:29 PM Original message |
Well, It's not genetic. But my predecessor was 'mad, bad and |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Um, I did not use the word 'fundies' in my op. Please do not put words |
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coloktm (13 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:26 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. So this time... |
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not systems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Umm... they did herd goats. |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. How about "itinerant animal tenders"? Santa Claus is very important to |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. I agree with you on that |
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wellstone_democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
46. ah, here you are again! |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
50. I am a Catholic and find many Evangelical Christians offensive. |
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Malva Zebrina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. Obviously they do believe in the teachings of Jesus |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:06 PM Response to Reply #62 |
66. That's the thing about Catholics. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #66 |
112. If that is so... |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:04 PM Response to Reply #112 |
136. Indulgences have been gone for a while now. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #136 |
142. I must have an older bible then... |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:38 PM Response to Reply #142 |
163. You are right. Although I think this refers mainly to prayer, not |
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Kathy in Cambridge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
79. I do too-the Catholic Church may have its conservative wing |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #50 |
113. And I found it strange when I saw on DU that... |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:10 PM Response to Reply #113 |
141. That is because we have not been "born again." |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #141 |
154. Makes no sense to me either |
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pop goes the weasel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
81. not all Christians are fundies |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:09 PM Response to Reply #81 |
169. I never said that... |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't have hard facts but there are historical records.. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:27 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. I believe it happened and that he existed historically. I also believe |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:32 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Please don't think that I'm a zealot.But, how can you survive crucifixion? |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
73. Crucifixion was more about torture than execution... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:54 PM Response to Reply #40 |
89. You could get rescued by the Judean People's |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:33 PM Response to Reply #19 |
41. I understand your point. I omitted reference the alleged 'resurrection' |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:02 PM Response to Reply #41 |
63. I won't evangelize to anyone. Especially a DUer - a Friend no matter what |
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mike1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:31 PM Response to Reply #63 |
158. May I extend a bit of congratulation for properly spelling Gandhi. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:23 PM Response to Reply #41 |
77. Story of divine sacrifice make sense... |
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I AM SPARTACUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. "What are you really asking?" |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Are you kidding? I'm asking. if a historical figue was cricifird.. |
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I AM SPARTACUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:11 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. No, I'm serious. |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:24 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. i wonder why you ask this queston |
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I AM SPARTACUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:29 PM Response to Reply #78 |
82. "why" I ask - does that matter at all? |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:19 PM Response to Reply #19 |
149. Cite your sources for this statement. |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
22. Most doubters question the resurection not the crucifixion |
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mouse7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:37 PM Response to Reply #22 |
43. Josephus mentions of Jesus in wrong ink 500 years younger |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:38 PM Response to Reply #22 |
45. I ask again - how do you survive a Roman crucifixion? |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:50 PM Response to Reply #45 |
54. Xena, Warrior Princess, did. |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
74. It's actually quite possible |
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El Supremo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:46 PM Response to Reply #74 |
167. Jesus! I didn't say he survived! |
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Jawja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know if |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. I believe that a radical teacher named "Jesus" was crucified by |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. That's why it is called faith. |
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Philosophy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:42 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. Why is faith good? |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:52 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. I've seen no contrary evidence to the existence of God. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:28 PM Response to Reply #57 |
80. The person making the fantastic claim... |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:00 PM Response to Reply #80 |
91. Sorry. I'm no bible-thumping Old Testament kind of Christian. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:55 PM Response to Reply #91 |
130. Not saying that you personally... |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:24 PM Response to Reply #130 |
156. Faith in God existed before anything was written down. |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:16 PM Response to Reply #156 |
172. I would not lump all christians in the same group as fundamentalists... |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:33 PM Response to Reply #91 |
159. But god separated the light and the darkness |
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alcuno (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:41 PM Response to Reply #159 |
165. This is why I stick to my official Catholic Bible. |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. Give Me Barabas |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. At a time-depth of 2,000 years |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 07:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
52. Some of the books in the Bible were written two hundred years... |
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megatherium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:32 PM Original message |
Most of the books of NT were written within 70 yrs |
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einniv (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:05 PM Response to Reply #44 |
65. It isn't a question of whether or not it is hard to believe. |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
60. I think so too, but to say so often gets believers upset. |
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Bridget Burke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:03 PM Response to Original message |
64. "Legend" is probably a better word than "myth" |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
68. well |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:13 PM Response to Reply #68 |
72. Actually you're wrong |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:19 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. then please |
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:36 PM Response to Reply #76 |
86. Listen, I could plug in 100 sites. im not that type |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:43 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. "I'm not that type" |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:53 PM Response to Reply #86 |
168. look here bud... |
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peacetalksforall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:19 PM Response to Original message |
75. I don't care if there was an actual Jesus or if it was all allegorical... |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
83. myth. |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
84. i have yet to see any film that accurately depicts anything... |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
85. Didn't Calvin Trillin get fired from Newsweek for his comment ... |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
93. No, you are not the |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
94. Most definitely a myth, IMO |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:24 PM Response to Reply #94 |
174. thanks Walt... |
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HighTide (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
99. myth - ever hear of the albigensens (sp) |
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Screaming Lord Byron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:31 PM Response to Reply #99 |
111. Just call them Cathars, it's easier to spell. |
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stopbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:20 PM Response to Original message |
101. Good spots to visit |
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Alex146 (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:30 PM Response to Original message |
108. He pissed the romans off |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:34 PM Response to Reply #108 |
114. There was a point when the Romans were crucifying |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
120. Well I Don't Know About the Crucifixion |
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cryofan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
128. umm... the entire Jesus thing is just a myth |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
129. I do not think it is a myth |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:12 PM Response to Reply #129 |
145. I'm puzzled by the insistence of some |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:22 PM Response to Reply #145 |
153. I hear you |
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I AM SPARTACUS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:23 PM Response to Reply #145 |
155. how does the presence of Christians prove that there was a real... |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:13 PM Response to Reply #145 |
171. I used to think the image of Jesus-as-guru was reasonable too |
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teknomanzer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:29 PM Response to Reply #145 |
175. Fine... |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
133. no, you're not. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:14 PM Response to Reply #133 |
146. Sorry, there were Christians long before Constantine |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:15 PM Response to Reply #146 |
147. none as we know them now. |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
135. Crucifiction theme in surrounding history |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:11 PM Response to Reply #135 |
143. The myth of a dying/resurrected god appears time and again |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 10:20 PM Response to Reply #143 |
150. more echoes of similarrity |
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BurtWorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
170. No you're not alone! Thank the gods I'm not alone either! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
173. No, I believe it happened |
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Dookus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 02:38 AM Response to Reply #173 |
177. questioning the historical accuracy |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 08:09 AM Response to Reply #177 |
180. There is evidence he existed |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
176. I suspect he was executed by crucifixion because it was the |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-25-04 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
179. Personally, I think the whole Bible is a myth |
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183. Locking |
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