(April 13, 2010 at 10:52 pm)Minimalist Wrote: JC was nothing more than last adaptation of the dying vegetation god which was a common motif in the ANE.
Tammuz. Adonis. Osiris. Krishna. Mithras, Dionysius. Probably a shitload of others that didn't survive the dustbin of history.
They also hate hearing that their boy wasn't "special" either.
It always cracks me up when these twits use the argument that Jesus must have been real because hundreds of millions of people believe in him. As if the truth is something that can be voted on!
Science flies us to the moon and stars. Religion flies us into buildings.
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?
God allowed 200,000 people to die in an earthquake. So what makes you think he cares about YOUR problems?