Now, now, Freddy, you have not provided any footnotes at all, and so I cannot take your argument seriously. Are you claiming to be a peer-reviewed expert in the area of Biblical studies? Do you know and understand more than Dr. Christ does? I bet that to get a doctorate in religious studies, she had to become reasonably proficient at the Bible, no? If we cannot consider Dr. Hakeem's ideas because he is NOT a peer-reviewed expert writing in his field, incidentally, and yet Dr. Christ IS, and you do not agree with her, what does that logically tell us about how we weigh opinions? Does it mean that only you are correct, or does it perhaps suggest that citing a peer-reviewed expert is only convenient if that scholar supports certain views? Boy, I am getting confused or something!!!
I would be the first to admit that I am not any kind of scholar when it comes to the Bible, and I do not know what actually happened to Jesus. I do believe that the Bible is very much a political document, and certainly regardless of whether Jesus halted Peter's attempt to interfere with the crucifixion, this does not mean that latter-day Christians do not use events in the Bible in an attempt to justify their prejudices, because they are not as tolerant or forgiving as Jesus was, and many of his lessons seem to be lost on many of them.
Certainly, you need somehow to explain the widespread collusion by Protestants and Catholics in Europe in the Holocaust in SOME way, and you have not provided any explanation at all. So until you do--and please do not forget those footnotes--Dr. Hakeem and Dr. Christ seem to have the upper hand in the debate. |
