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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 3:40 pm
I'm personally not convinced that he as a single person really actually existed. I think that the biblical stories about him were either made up legends or a conglomeration of stories about other people used by Christians to describe their god-man. If it weren't for the total lack of contemporary writings about him, I might give some credence to the idea that he actually existed.
Even if it is proven that he actually existed, he certainly wasn't the son of any god with magical powers. And he definitely didn't look like the white European Jesus as currently depicted by Christians.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm
(July 18, 2011 at 3:40 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: And he definitely didn't look like the white European Jesus as currently depicted by Christians.
What are you saying? Are you saying Jesus wasn't a white, patriotic American? That sir, is blaspehmy.
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 3:50 pm
Republican Jesus was (or is), but certainly not the "historical" Jesus.
I love how Christians like to claim that Jesus' resurrection is definitive proof of his divinity and that the Christian religion is the one true religion. That's like saying that Huckleberry Finn really existed & traveled down the Mississippi River because it was written in a book. Or, it's like saying, "Our religion is true because of one of the things we believe!"
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Republicolibertarianazi Jesus!
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 3:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2011 at 4:01 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The current line of thought, bending both ways, is that Jesus would most likely be a composite character. Some stories were given the narratives of religious and cyclical prophecy, others were either every-man stories, or a series of narratives concerning actual religious leaders and mystics. It's easy to point at myths, because of their formulaic composition, much harder to separate every-mans from mystics. In short, there is no historical Jesus apart from the history of the narratives.
(If Jesus has his EIB he was obviously squared away, not some part timing shitbag weekend warrior.)
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Quote:The current line of thought, bending both ways, is that Jesus would most likely be a composite character.
It's still special pleading. Xtians would be the first ones to denounce Zeus, Osiris, Quetzlcoatl, Odin, Marduk, Shiva, etc as made up shit. But THEIR boy? No that has to be real. These attempts to define him down into something believable are an attempt to reconcile two contradictory positions.
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 4:09 pm
(July 18, 2011 at 3:43 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: (July 18, 2011 at 3:40 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote: And he definitely didn't look like the white European Jesus as currently depicted by Christians.
What are you saying? Are you saying Jesus wasn't a white, patriotic American? That sir, is blaspehmy.
Doesn't Josephus tell us that Jesus was born of a pristine ivory-skinned young girl named Mary? Nice job, dropping the ball on that Jose!
Couldn't you have thrown that in while you were writtin all this shit up???
My Anglo-Saxon god of the arian brotherhood thanks you FNM for your continued defense of the true race of his son.
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 4:10 pm
It is Min, absolutely. I'm trying to be diplomatic.....every once in awhile I get to feeling like the grinch walking around telling kids that santa isn't real and stealing lollipops.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Santa ISN'T real and lollipops will rot their teeth.
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RE: Jesus Christ
July 18, 2011 at 4:15 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2011 at 4:15 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The grinch obviously being a much maligned agent of benevolence.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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