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Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism
RE: Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism
(November 3, 2022 at 5:14 pm)Jehanne Wrote:
(November 3, 2022 at 4:38 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: What do you base that on? Simply because Jesus didn’t write doesn’t necessarily mean that he couldn’t write. 

While the overall literacy rate in Roman Judea/Palestine was probably around 3%, that of adult males Jews in cities and towns has been estimated to be as high as 20-25%.

Boru

I base it upon what is recorded in the Gospels, namely, Mark, Chapter 1.

How is it that Paul's letters survived?

Dawn

There's nothing in Mark Ch 1 that says or implies that Jesus was illiterate.

Boru
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RE: Even if theism is a failure, it's still superior to atheism - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 3, 2022 at 6:09 pm

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