(October 17, 2013 at 12:53 pm)John V Wrote: OK, I see the problem.This is also a leap. Modern Republicans have fanciful memories of Reagan that bear almost no relation to the actual presidency. There are Tea Baggers who think Obama initiated the bank bailouts or who think gas prices were never this high until he came into office. And we live in a modern age were false notions of history are corrected by the simply click of a mouse.
My point is that people would have known if either of them separately conflicted with historical reality and so reject them.
According to the very Bible, there were Christians during the lifetime of John who thought Jesus wasn't a flesh-and-blood person (see 1John 4:1-3 and 2John 1:7). So I place no faith in 70 CE Christians knowing that Herod the Great died in 4 BCE and not 6 CE.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
