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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (485436)	6/3/2009 2:24:31 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574005

SD, the devil's greatest trick is convincing the world he doesn't exist. Tenchusatsu

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (485436)	6/3/2009 3:50:24 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574005

"One might wonder why early Church writers were explaining away these contradictions if no such contradictions existed.." Indeed! Bruce? Diabolical preemptive mimicry by SATAN! Truly as wacky and contorted as anything the Mormons have come up with.

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (485436)	6/3/2009 6:17:55 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1574005

The main "mimicry" he was talking about was the general fact that virgin birth was a common element in Greek myths. Bacchus/Dionysius and Hercules among others were sons of Jupiter, for example. But neither Bacchus or Hercules were really doubles for Jesus. And neither Bacchus, Hercules or another Greek god were actual historical figures that historians wrote about as existing. They were purely mythical and were deemed so in the first century and earlier. The main stories atheists tell of exact parallels between Jesus and supposed other gods date from later eras.

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (485436)	6/3/2009 7:49:58 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1574005

Instead of you and Parsons making vague charges, let's have the names of the figures that you claim Jesus was copied from. Mithras? Horus, Osiris? Bacchus? Then we can explore whether the supposed parallels are valid are not. Greek mythology did have figures who were said to be sons of Jupiter. Most of the Greek Gods and demigods were said to be sons of Jupiter. That Jesus is said to be the Son of God isn't enough of a parallel to justify claiming Jesus is copied from pre-existing myths. Jesus, unlike the other figures, was an historical figure.