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To: AntiGuv

Take virtually ANY variation found between manuscripts in the gospel texts we know of today, and you will still come up with a story that (1) reads as very realistic, not fantasmagorical (2) not difficult to reconcile within itself even if the exact manner is unclear and (3) focuses on Jesus. It is sometimes a bit bemusing to listen to a rabid King-Jameser whale on a convinced eclectic-texter, as the difference in what the resulting bible teaches, at the end of the day, is not enough to fill a thimble.


1,499 posted on 05/28/2005 7:59:55 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (No wonder the Southern Baptist Church threw Greer out: Only one god per church! [Ann Coulter])
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To: HiTech RedNeck

You usually strike me as fairly rational, but I guess it's early this morning..

1) Resurrections are not realistic; they are fantasmagorical. So are demon possessions, miracle cures, limb regenerations, walking on water, and transmutation.

2) If a manuscript faithfully copies another manuscript it is usually then very easy to reconcile its text with that of the manuscript that it copied.

I'm not sure what you think a focus on Jesus indicates. What else would a Christian gospel focus on??


1,504 posted on 05/28/2005 8:09:58 AM PDT by AntiGuv (™)
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