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From: popyack@uvm-cs.UUCP (Poppery L. Jeffayack)
Newsgroups: net.religion.christian
Subject: Re: Evidence for Religion
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 22:13:14 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 22:13:14 1985
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I have read the Encyclopedia Britanica Macropedia entries for "Jesus" and
"Bible".  Everyone should do this for they are very interesting.  It is not
certain or clear that Jesus claimed divinity for himself.  Also the oldest
Gospel, Mark, ends with an empty tomb and no mention of a resurrected Jesus
appearing to the disciples (the most ancient versions).  Also there is no virgin
birth mentioned in this Gospel.  That makes me suspect that the later Gospel
writers embellished the story.  It is doubtful that any of the Gospel writers
was an eyewitness.  The Gospel of John has Jesus saying "I am the Word".  This
concept has a Greek cast to it, and was not likely to have been spoken by
Jesus.