rationalnick Wrote:A crucial difference between say Luke and Dickens, is that Dickens makes no claim to be giving a historical account, whereas Luke does.
So we have to take Luke as serious historical material because Luke says so? Methinks this guys is peddling stupid.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell