RE: Is the internet destroying religion?
August 14, 2014 at 5:58 pm
(This post was last modified: August 14, 2014 at 6:09 pm by Michael.)
Hmmm. Were you not perhaps suspicious, for example, of the claim of "Jesus Horus", given that Jesus is just an Anglican name and would not have been found in any ancient language? That hints to me immediately that you're not dealing with top draw scholarship there. And there's nothing about Horos being crucified there at all. Is this really what convinced you? It just seems a drawn out attempt to make various miracle healings sound like they are copied. We know claims of healings and raising from the dead were not original to Jesus - they are in the Hebrew Scriptures. Why not say the New Testament simply copied the Hebrew Scriptures - that would be a much more direct line to draw if you wanted. But I guess it doesn't have the same conspiracy theory attraction.
But thank you for sharing. It's interesting to see what people accept as valid.
And a site called evilbible.com? None of that has improved my impression of the quality of what passes for scholarship on the average internet site. It's only confirmed my low opinion of the quality of the material people are accessing. Personally I'll stick to books written by well respected scholars (both atheists and theists) and leave you to your internet pages.
But thank you for sharing. It's interesting to see what people accept as valid.
And a site called evilbible.com? None of that has improved my impression of the quality of what passes for scholarship on the average internet site. It's only confirmed my low opinion of the quality of the material people are accessing. Personally I'll stick to books written by well respected scholars (both atheists and theists) and leave you to your internet pages.