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Politics : Should God be replaced?

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To: briskit who wrote (16445)	2/29/2004 11:14:49 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) of 28931

I hardly think it is sufficient to credit ancient stories as "historical" on the subjective basis that they don't have the "texture and tone" (in the mind of Lewis) of mythology. If you wish to base your own belief on the belief of Lewis rather than on a personal attempt to link anything within the "gospels" with historical fact, then you are exercising your prerogative and privilege. I would surely be very interested in any assertions of historical authenticity for any of the "events" in the gospels. In the meantime, much scholarship has gone on since Lewis died on material that was unavailable to him. You are quite right that the question of God is larger than the question of historical beliefs and evidence. However, our present discussion is simply about whether or not there is historical evidence for the "events" of the gospels. Telling me that someone believed that the gospels did not have the "tone" of mythology does not supply evidence for their historical reliability. Indeed, the silence of history regarding such extraordinary "events" is damning in the extreme. infidels.org tjresearch.info tjresearch.info "This site presents the results of 15 years' analysis of the Talmud of Jmmanuel (TJ), showing, largely through comparison with the Gospel of Matthew, that the TJ was the source for that gospel. The TJ informs us precisely which Matthean verses are genuine, which are partly genuine, and which are pure invention. In over 100 comparisons of parallel passages, the arguments pointing to Matthean dependence upon the TJ are seen to be difficult to reverse, and in all other instances the differences between the two are also consistent with TJ genuineness. Tests for TJ genuineness are indirect because its original Aramaic scrolls were destroyed due to their heresies, and only the German translation survived. From the TJ one sees that 19th-century scholars erred in assuming that Mark came before Matthew."

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