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

To: Greg or e who wrote (16838)	3/30/2004 1:34:29 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

"Dr Maier is an expert in the specific field in question while all the sources you have cited are not. His is an informed, studied and scholarly opinion. Yours is simply bigotry in search of justification" Let me leave aside both your lying and your trash talk. You finally admit to using argument from authority! I do not mind that. But I have asked you to explain what impressed you about his ACTUAL argument! As usual you forgot to respond! Go ahead and defend your "authority" now that you have foolishly placed your eggs there! I'll tell you what. I will make it very easy for you! Just give me five pieces of evidence given by your "authority" that reliably point to the existence of Christ the miracle worker as recounted in the gospel tales! Never mind all this mumbling, ad hominem, and evasion. You have not responded to the content or allegations of my posts in weeks because you were unable to argue from fact. So we will go with your argument from authority; but we will insist on the proof! I give you free reign to consult your "authority"! For example, you might want to give evidence that this biblical allegation is historical fact: Matthew 2:16 Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men Or you might wish to tackle this one! LUKE 23:44 And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 23:45 And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst Or you could give a contemporary description of ONE physical feature of "Jesus". Or you could explain why none of this "fame" caused any contemporary historical notice! Mathew 4:25 And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. LUKE 5:15 But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities Go to your "authority" and show us his evidence that Jesus the BibleMan existed. I only ask that you present ONE piece of "evidence" at a time so that it may be addressed thoroughly and so that I may keep you standing in one place instead of needing to trail you through endless evasions. Give me ONE piece of "evidence" to start with, Greg. And please do not limit yourself to the link you have quoted from him with mindless mantra! I understand that may be somewhat difficult! But he is YOUR authority figure, he is YOUR argument...so go to it! I will be back tomorrow.