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From: rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: Christ as good man
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 13:10:44 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov 14 13:10:44 1984
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>    If Jesus was not who and what He said He was, then He was either a world-
>    class liar or else a world-class megalomaniac.  Funny, though, that demons
>    thought He was what He said, and how people later staked their lives on
>    their faith in Him.  [JEFF SARGENT]

It's amazing how, when you want to believe a particular thing, you limit the
possibilities that you evaluate (perhaps so as not to "accidentally" come
across something that might force you to change your mind).  Other equally (and
perhaps more) viable possibilities:  1) Jesus never said any of those things,
but subsequent believers hoping to spread a good word about his life and work
made up (!!!) stories about him to promote the belief, stories you now accept
as gospel truth (pun intended!), 2) Jesus was manipulated by those around him,
just as "pop idols" in today's world may be manipulated by others.  Before you
discount these possibilities, please tell me precisely WHY you discount them.
(I can answer that:  because you PRESUME things about Jesus that would make
these possibilities impossible.  If I'm wrong, PLEASE let me know by providing
the real reason for discounting these possibilities.)

Tell me, Jeff, who proved to you about the existence of these "demons", about
how they thought what they thought about Jesus?  Such elucidation might prove
beneficial to all of us.  We'll either learn how one learns and accepts
religious belief, or we'll learn the level of verification and analysis one
goes through before accepting religious belief.
-- 
WHAT IS YOUR NAME?			Rich Rosen
WHAT IS YOUR NET ADDRESS?		pyuxd!rlr
WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF ASSYRIA?		Nineveh    (GOTCHA!)
ALL RIGHT, OFF YOU GO...