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To: muir_redwoods

Quoting Litekeeper, who says it better than I:

“And that, in a nutshell, is the crux of the argument. Christianity is based on historical figures involved in historical events in real space and time. It is not based on philosophical speculation, nor on fantasy, but on history.”


9 posted on 02/28/2009 2:16:35 PM PST by Marie2 (Ora et labora)
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To: Marie2

There may be some independent evidence for Jesus being an historical figure but his divinity is pure hypothesis.


10 posted on 02/28/2009 4:43:15 PM PST by Natufian (The mesolithic wasn't so bad, was it?)
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To: Marie2

It’s a history of believer in a hypothetical system of belief. Overlaying the existence of demonstrably existent historical facts and people onto a base of hypothetical belief doesn’t change the hypothetical foundation of the belief.


22 posted on 03/01/2009 7:13:20 AM PST by muir_redwoods (The president is an ass)
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