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Originally Posted by Jpagan
I must say I admire your strength of character, but don't you think your coming on a little strong by jumping onto a 'christian' message board and denouncing their faith?...
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I denounce anything not backed by evidence. As the Bible is counted as "evidence" on this forum, I only denounce non-Biblical Christians as the hypocrites they are. True Christians™, on the other hand, walk the walk as well as they talk the talk, so I admire their honesty, if not (what I view as) their delusions.
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...I think I'll welcome you now and say that it's nice to meet you, before I get caught up in the conflagration between you and the pastors...
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And I you, though you will have to lose any pagan leanings before your thoughts get any respect from me.
As far as the pastors here go, they've allowed me to stay for near two years and 3,000 posts. I can live with a few unflattering "awards" (I've been called worse by better
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...Also weren't there true surviving accounts of Jesus of Nazareth's existence from ancient Roman army accounts?...
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Nope. If such existed, the Vatican would be shouting it from the rooftops, instead of letting doubts linger.
The area was under heavy Roman occupation at the time. A gathering of 5,000+ (which Jesus allegedly fed with a few loaves and a couple of fish) would have been noticed and recorded, don't you think?
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...Thanks for sharing, my world history is rusty.
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Wikipedia's awesome to start off (just be sure to double-check anything contentious or otherwise "iffy", their edit policy is getting rather "clique-y" recently).