On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 10:21 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 2, 2008, at 10:11 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > > That doesn't change the setting the consistent version. You are > > talking > > about an oral society. > > > Then please stop talking about "proof" or anything even remotely > resembling proof. This is nothing more than the game of "Operator" > played for 2000 years. > -----------------------------------------------------
Do you agree with the fact that scrolls are not as permanent a form of documentation that would easily endure for thousands of years? If that was the primary method of documentation why do you keep expecting it to have lasted? Are there still structures that were built out of more durable materials that have endured? > > There have been lots of made-up characters whose myths were so > strongly believed that they were canonized as Saints (Patrick and > Christopher come to mind). When they announced that Saint Christopher > was not real, my Mom still kept the little plastic statue on her > dashboard. IOW, facts don't mean anything when it comes to belief and > faith. > ----------------------------- Made up characters? > > It's fine that you and others have your own beliefs. The only > objection that I and others have is when you try to insist that others > accept these beliefs as historical facts. There is no evidence of the > Garden of Eden or the Ark, and the fact that variations of these myths > exist in nearly every culture strongly suggests that they are > archetypal rather than factual. Same thing for the Jesus story - its > uncanny resemblance to an earlier competing myth strongly suggests > that it was also made up. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you believe that it is then it must be so Ed. Do you have any proof, or do you just classify that a lack of proof is all that is necessary? So the big bang is just another myth. -- 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 --- _______________________________________________ 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] ** 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.
