(February 3, 2013 at 6:21 pm)Brian37 Wrote: This proves that prior influence leads to new memes. But what it will never do is prove that invisible beings by any name exist. All it proves is that humans have imaginations and draw that from the cultures around them.
Nobody's trying to prove that invisible beings actually exist. We're trying to find out how the story of Jesus could have got started and enjoying ourselves in the process. I don't think there's any rule which states that atheists and agnostics can't be interested in the development of a religion from an historical perspective.
Where are the snake and mushroom smilies?