I believe it was C.S. Lewis who had the sermon Liar, Lord or Lunatic where he examined each possibility. I come down on the Lord side. I think a fair evaluation of the available information will lead most reasonable people to believe he was who he said he was. But then again, the world isn't over populated with reasonable people, is it?
JH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen Russell Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 12:35 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Jesus, man or myth? On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Jean Laeremans < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Mar 26, 2008 at 7:20 PM, Charlie Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 05:55 PM 3/26/2008 +0100, Jean Laeremans wrote: > > > > > > >At least it's honest... > > > > > > > > Well, not actually. At least no more honest than what he claims > McDowell > > > > is. E.g. leaving out information that is not supportive of his > position. > > > > > > > > -Charlie > > > > > >Well Charlie i did oc refer to the name of the website. As far as its > > >content is concerned i didn't bother to read it. > > >Pro or contra it's all suppositions, assumptions anyway. Not my cup of > tea. > > > > Ah. OK. > > > > The origin of the whole thing was Steve's question regarding did "we" > > believe Jesus existed or not. To which John (I think) referenced > MacDowell > > who had done research into the topic (and concluded that Jesus did > exist). > > > > I suppose Jesus was a historical figure, but where does that lead > us..exactly nowhere. > In the end religion is a believe system, if it could be proven there > would be no need to believe... > ---------------------------------------------------------------- I wonder why some many people then conspired to create lies about a single poor man? That and why the rulers of the time sought to squash out these people when they were found? Martyrdom is a lifestyle for the foolish, right? -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159 --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED]@shelbynet.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
