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To: Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan; wmfights
Funny how people can chalk up post-Resurrection sightings of Jesus to “hysterical delusions,” but then are perfectly willing to believe Mary appeared face-to-face with school children and talked to them a few decades ago

Not from the Orthodox side. As far as I am concerned, I don't call it "hysterical delusions," but simply claims that lack objective proof. And since it is such a crucial Christian belief, it is a real wonder that so many people believe in something as outrageous as that without a shred of evidence: it's blind faith at its best.

1,339 posted on 02/05/2008 4:14:06 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Dr. Eckleburg; blue-duncan
...simply claims that lack objective proof. And since it is such a crucial Christian belief, it is a real wonder that so many people believe in something as outrageous as that without a shred of evidence: it's blind faith at its best.

The evidence is all around. It's probably by Faith Alone that your eyes open to see how clear the evidence is.

The lives of the disciples testify to it.

The hundreds of witnesses.

The fulfillment of OT prophecy.

The idea that there is no objective proof because Jesus did not go back to the Temple and confront the hierarchy of the Jews is denying all the other evidence. Why would he go back to them. Jesus did not come to correct the deformed hierarchy of the day. He came to save those the Father had given him.

1,343 posted on 02/05/2008 4:53:43 PM PST by wmfights (Believe - THE GOSPEL - and be saved)
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