RE: Regarding Jesus
July 9, 2014 at 6:50 am
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2014 at 6:53 am by Confused Ape.)
(July 9, 2014 at 6:29 am)Rhythm Wrote: Does Xenu qualify as one of those mysteries requiring a time machine, in your estimation?
We don't need a time machine in order to know how Xenu originated. We also know that L. Ron Hubbard really existed and how Scientology was founded so there's no mystery there. If it had happened 2,000 years ago and the 'official history' had been rewritten umpteen times to suit various agendas people would be wondering if Hubbard had really existed.
(July 9, 2014 at 6:29 am)Rhythm Wrote: I suppose it bears mentioning again, I don;t think that between Xenu opr Jesus we're actually dealing with any "mystery of history" - but even if we were - I wouldn't be willing to invoke the HG Wells defense.
The mystery is the exact details of how Christianity got started. We'll never know because the texts which are supposed to explain it are fabrications. This still doesn't alter the fact that the religion did get started. Historians can speculate about it until the proverbial cows come home but speculation is all there is because there are no concrete facts to go on.
There are other mysteries of history which historians love to speculate about such as what happened to the Princes in the Tower. There are various ideas but again, nobody will ever know the truth unless somebody invents a time machine.
(July 9, 2014 at 6:29 am)Rhythm Wrote: (on an unrelated note - if you did have a time machine...how might that effect your perceptions of time and causality, what did or did not happen in ones own timeline. I don't think a time machine could actually be used to establish truth to any degree greater than what we already possess...just food for thought)
As time travel is highly unlikely I don't think we need to worry about that.
The need for a time machine is just a way of saying that nobody will ever know.
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