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The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
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RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
(May 14, 2015 at 5:16 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:
(May 14, 2015 at 4:24 pm)Randy Carson Wrote: I'm sorry, but any text that has talking animals, men living in fish for 3 days, the sun going black for 3 hours (and no one else on the planet noticing), zombies climbing out of their graves and walking around Jerusalem (without any historian of the time taking notice), dragons living in Babylon, curing leprosy with the blood of some birds, breeding stripped goats by using stripped posts, etc., should be taken as fictional by default. 


You wouldn't accept the same types of stories in any other religious text, why do you make special case for yours? Never mind, Rhetorical question, no need to answer.

No, damn it.  I want an answer.  Just once, I'd like a Christian to actually address the question. 
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RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament - by Crossless1 - May 14, 2015 at 5:20 pm

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