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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (1074)	9/26/2000 11:35:33 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Yes, it is a difficult position to maintain. Although a flood of literature continues to emanate from scholarship every year, struggling to resolve the question of the historicity of Jesus--the case for a Jesus of the Gospels becomes increasingly difficult to support. As for either testament being the inerrant word, that is no longer considered sensible by serious scholars. The contradictions take on levels of absurdity. Only the severely biased and illogical would entertain such an idea today, and one could not consider their conclusions to emanate from scholarship. Here is a link that summarises the whole issue in an inclusive manner. The facts are overwhelming. But believers will continue to believe. They don't require logic, and they don't need facts. Inspirational prose is their logic. Well, one cannot deny that the fellowhip and community which this gives the adherents of all the various religions, is often responsible for a great deal of good... magi.com