Re: SO MANY GODS

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:15:25 +1100, "Jeckyl" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:

>"Midwinter" <midwinter_m@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Jeckyl" <noone@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said :
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>>> So the evidence you claim for Jesus existing is stories that were
>>> written (at best) many decades (if not centuries) afterward his
>>> supposed death by those with an obvious agenda to promote such stories
>>> as true.
>>
>> Personally, I have no problem with the idea of Jesus existing
>> historically as a man.
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>Neither do I.
>
>There were certainly lots of people around at the time called Jesus. 
That 
>one of them may have been a bit of a revolutionary and had a following is

>not a problem.

Which one of these would we be talking about?

The trouble is that this is a rationalisation - more like an excuse
than a reason.