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From: jho@ihlpa.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen)
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Subject: Re: Re: one more time...
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Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 15:06:34 EDT
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>                                                There is only one unique
> thing about the Bible/Christianity that makes it any different than other
> religions: Jesus. No other religion has a central human figure ('prophet',
> whatever you want to call it) who claimed to *be* God. Everything else
> about Christianity, including the true value of Jesus' death and resurrection,
> stems from that one thing: either Jesus was who he claimed to be, or he
> wasn't...                                                                   

I don't find this claim unusual.  The Roman Emperor Caligula
made similar claims.  He also claimed be a god.  I  think that
neither you nor I can prove that he was not a god.