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Pastimes : Ask God
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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (26167)7/11/1999 3:57:00 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (3) of 39621
 
I don't think you understand the problem here:

""I thought the babble was supposed to be divinely inspired!"

If the babble isn't divinely inspired - -if it is just a history written by mere fallible, error-prone mortals- -then it is EASY to come up with much more likely explanations of the babble's existence and its tale than that
A MAN WAS KILLED- -DEAD- -AND THEN CAME BACK TO LIFE, WANDERED AROUND, TALKED TO HIS FRIENDS, AND THEN DISAPPEARED OFF THE PLANET. AND HE DID IT TO CONVINCE US OF HIS STORY
Once. And only once in history. And two thousand years ago. With no clear, verifiable evidence or incidents since then to convince the skeptics.
The babble asks for faith. (Of course, the call for faith is made because the story cannot be verified.) Would it be rude to point out that con men ask for faith also? Honest men don't need to. They can convince you by their record and their deeds.
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