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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This was sort of the subject of the sermon today at my church...Can the Bible be Trusted?  The sermon is obviously too long to post here, and honestly can't remember all of it.  But basically, it was stating that the writings that comprised the Bible, or at least the NT, was historically accurate from a purely historically point of view, and as CS Lewis stated (not verbatum), Jesus was either a raving lunatic to claim he was the Son of God, or he really was the Son of God.[/quote]

Many people were claiming to be the son of God at the time. [/quote]

Yes, but none were crucified for it because so many people believed him.[/quote]

Lots of people got crucified, some for very odd reasons.

This is one of the (many) things that perplexes me about Christianity.  Crucifixion was a pretty common punishment.  What's the big deal?[/quote] 
+1.  And the reason his followers claimed he was the long-awaited messiah is the apparent miraculous deeds along with the prophecies of his last few days.  Well, it was not prophetic to think that his arrival in Jerusalem on Passover of all weeks and with scads of country bumpkins proclaiming him the messiah would have incensed the Pharisees and the Roman authorities, fearing riots, would have done what they did.  Jesus obviously knew his apostles and human nature enough to prophesy the betrayals in the light of the situation in Jerusalem.  It makes for a compelling narrative but no more inspired than other compelling stories of brilliant men.
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