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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
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Subject: Re: Who rose from the dead?
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Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 20:27:03 EST
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>>> [KEN NICHOLS]
>>> Did Mohammed rise from the dead?  No, I don't think so.  Jesus Christ did.

>>[Rich Rosen]
>>To which a Muslim might reply:
>>Did Jesus rise from the dead?  No, I don't think so.  Mohammed did.

> I doubt it. I rather think that a Muslim could take you to Mohammed's
> grave, and tell you the body is still there.  [BICKFORD]

My recollection was that Mohammed was supposed to have ascended into heaven
from the rock that is now the site of the Dome of the Rock.  I'm no expert
so I could be mistaken about Islamic beliefs.

But, more importantly, the actual example chosen in the analogy is
irrelevant.  Let's say we were discussing the comparison between Jesus and
Whoopy Franqueezi, the nephew of Ubizmo who was sent to earth to give
Ubizmo's message, who drank some Mexican water, and who rose from the dead
while he was still alive.  "Did Whoopy rise from the dead?  No, I don't
think so.  Jesus did."  "Did Jesus rise from the dead?  No, I don't think so.
Whoopy did."

You may say "Ahh, but you're just making that Ubizmo stuff up as you go along!"
("How dare you think that!!")  Does having made-up things already written down
in advance make it more correct that making it up as you go along?

Did Jesus rise from the dead?  Or do some documents simply *say* that Jesus
rose from the dead?
-- 
"If we took the bones out, it wouldn't be crunchy!"     Rich Rosen  pyuxd!rlr