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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP who did a lot of copying and pasting:

Can you choose your favorite point from all that?  Time is short, so just pick one, and I will respond the best I can.  Thank you.[/quote]

Let's start from here:

[quote]Take Jesus, and decide if he was just a man, or if he really was God, and why. There's no need to bring up other topics. That's the essence of Christianity right there. Take it, examine it, then accept it or reject it.[/quote]

To which I responded:

[quote]Sure, let's unpack this a bit. There's little direct evidence that the story of Jesus is literally true. By that I mean, born in a manger, became a carpenter, assembled a following of 12 disciples, preached as a rabbi, threw money-changers out of the Temple, and was crucified. Were there itenerant holy-men wandering in the area of modern day Israel at that time? Lots. The story of Jesus is likely an agglomeration of such stories into a single mythological person. [/quote]

...and...
[quote]I think a grand total of one PP dismissed Jesus directly, and the reason given? Biblical accounts are unreliable. Are they really? And is that all you've got?[/quote]

...which prompted:

[quote]Since it's the Biblical account that is pretty much the sole evidence that Jesus lived, and further, had a set of supernatural powers ascirbed to him, I'm curious why you think their innate unreliability of those accounts is trivial. It's as though you claimed to discover a new planet with a telescope, then when I pointed out that your telescope is not, in fact, a telescope at all but a paper-towel tube wrapped in duct-tape, and you responded: "Really? Is that all you've got?" What more is needed? [/quote][/quote]

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