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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (11840)	4/18/2001 1:12:13 PM
From: thames_sider	Respond to of 82486

True enough - actually, I'm pretty sure that some at least of the pre-Christian Emperors were accorded divine or semi-divine status, generally but I think not always after their deaths. Guess where I stand on that? <g> I don't reject ALL proofs. I look at the proposition (that there was a Roman Empire, that JC was a general and later leader in it, etc), assess what I know of the claims, and see no reason to reject it and plenty to believe it. If it was claimed that it was run by a God, I'd be doubtful. Equally, I can accept the existence of Queen Elizabeth II. I believe she exists. I don't believe that her paternal ancestor was Lug the sun-god (I think that's the nominal attribution...). I believe that Charles I existed: I don't believe he had had the Divine Right granting him healing powers: I do believe that he believed that... I'll leave the philosophy arguments on reality and proof to Solon and Neo, though, if you don't mind... not my speciality.