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--- In [email protected], "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I really enjoyed that Sal! > > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Feb 28, 2007, at 11:37 AM, curtisdeltablues wrote: > > > > > I take this kind of discussion of even the remote possibility that > > > Jesus did not arise from his grave to be a generally good sign. This > > > is one of the more disturbing beliefs for modern people to have for > > > me. > > > > I've pretty much always figured that the Resurrection referred to > > Jesus' spirit, and that what actually happened to his body was more or > > less inconsequential. Obviously, that's incorrect but since I'm not > > Christian it's not anything I've ever thought about in much detail. It > > just seems to make so much more sense, faith-wise, than him hopping on > > some sort of cosmic elevator after his death. > > > > Then again, I've never understood the whole Trinity > > 3-for-the-price-of-one concept either. If Jesus really was the cosmic > > man-for-all-seasons the NT claims he was, wouldn't he embrace the > > spiritual aspect himself, w/o needing the Holy Ghost (whoever that > > is--I hope his name isn't Casper) as some kind of cosmic stand- in? > > > > And then there's the 2 Marys. How the heck does the one who was > > pregnant before she got married, and then proceeded to have 4 or 5 more > > kids, get venerated as a virgin, even after all the kids--while the one > > who was a devoted follower of Jesus and whose name is not connected > > with any man at all, get toasted? It's all totally beyond me. > > > > > > > It means that any discussion of how they 'know" this is not going > > > to go anywhere. It is my favorite Easter joke made real: > > > > > > Did you hear they canceled Easter this year? > > > > > > No, why? > > > > > > They found the body. > > >
