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Date: | Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:01:15 -0600 |
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Mu Fedjo....Give me at least this weekend to prepare a response. I have a
couple of deadlines I have to meet right now. You draging me into a
philosophical debate, and you might just get one. Have a nice day.
Ben
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mu Fedjo' [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 8:26 AM
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> Subject: Re: Was Jesus Christ an Impostor? (part 1)
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> Foreword:
> This is delivered in 2 parts due to 200 lines restrictions imposed by the
> list manager. That restriction in my view is unreasonable.
>
> Part 1 of 2.
>
> From Ben Weller's discussion of Jesus Christ being or not being an
> impostor, the following are disturbing to me:
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> * A plethora of evidence exist in the Bible that buttress this claim.
> For instance, Jesus' apostles ascribe to Him names that are names of God
> [...]
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> Where, Ben, do you find that "plethora of EVIDENCE"? I hope you don't
> honestly take an apostle's word for "evidence". What do you expect an
> "apostle" to say? That his boss is a fraud?
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> * there are historical antecedents that confirm that Jesus is not an
> impostor but the same Christ who died on the cross, rose on the third day,
> and appeared to His disciples. For example, Thallus (A. D. 52) and
> Phlegon (A. D. 140) cite the darkness that consumed the world at
> crucifixion of Christ [...]
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> What, Ben, are those "historical antecedents"? Where, beside the bible, is
> there a historical record of Jesus Christ's resurection on the third day?
> What do you make of alternative interpretations of the darkness at
> crucifixion as being a coincident solar eclipse, a natural cyclical
> phenomenon that you and I have witnessed at least once in a very short
> lifetime? And then, there were 3 men crucified on Golgotha that day, and
> probably dozens in other places throughout the roman empire on the same
> day at the same hour; what attributes the darkness to Jesus rather than
> anyone of those men?
>
> To be continued...
> ========
> KMF
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