(January 12, 2012 at 6:52 pm)padraic Wrote:(January 12, 2012 at 2:31 am)Minimalist Wrote: Tell them to read Bart Ehrman's "Jesus Interrupted."
They'll run shrieking for their bibles in horror.
Min,you know what you are don't you?
You are an incurable optimist with a touching faith in the good sense of others.
I recently suggested that a literalist on another forum read "Misquoting Jesus". By his response one would think I told him to go sodomise his mother.
It's a rough equivalent.
I never recommend Misquoting Jesus because the first half is positively sleep inducing. Let's face it, Pad. Fundies would have enough trouble getting through all those nasty facts under the best of circumstances.