Do you believe that Jesus never lived, Larry? And if he did, do you not think he was crucified?
Just curious. On 12/7/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The old testament also mentioned whales swallowing men, Tiamat and giants. > Does that mean they exist? Moreover just because something is mentioned in > both the new testament and in the Koran doesn't mean it really happened? > Mohammad was know to have read both Jewish and Christian religious texts > before he wrote the Koran. > > Another point to consider, why is there no independent record of the > crucifixion? You'd have thought that given the world darkening, the storms > etc., that would have been mentioned elsewhere. You'd have thought that the > contemporary chroniclers would have at least made a mention of something. > There is no independent mention of the event until about 40 or 50 years > afterwards by Flavius Josephus in Antiquities of the Jews. And that has been > shown to most likely be a fraud, added in the 8th or 9th centuries. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221855 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
