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To: Solon who wrote (21142)	2/10/2012 7:49:04 PM
From: average joe	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 69300

We will never know thanks to the helping hands of lunatics if the Jesus of the bible actually existed or was a complete fabrication. All evidence certainly points to the latter.

To: Solon who wrote (21142)	2/11/2012 4:07:33 AM
From: 2MAR$	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 69300

Looking at the rise of Mormonism during beginning of the great revivalist movement in the US of 1820's ( The Second Great Awakening) finds a condensed version of all the same ingredients found in Old Testament times . Using the same themes & story lines with visiting Angels , tale of the Promise Land and the "revealed" truths. That the chosen name for that visiting mormon angel would be called "Moroni" by Joseph Smith seems almost fitting with the root word obvious . When one reads Book of Mormon now , nothing can be clearer that this is anything more than some young man of that 1820's revivalist era simply paraphrasing the earlier Biblical text in some semi literate cartoonish prose of a charmed 18th century kid in rural "god fearin" USA . The outlandish notions , dreamed up names & off shoot stories of this imagined history , just like the similar old Testament ramblings are too numerous to mention nor is it worth the time but one of these Smith taught was the Native Americans were a lost tribe of Israel . You have to watch this, terriby funny how easily disproved such "revelations" above which were taken as truth just 2 centuries ago . ( Evolution of Belief, Memes, persistence of stupidity) This is real great mix of the funny and serious rolled into one ! youtube.com Note: Founder Joseph Smith later led his group of Mormons to settle in Illinois swamps where they pretty much ran things with a large vigilante force but when some who defected from his preaching and started a local Newspaper criticising him , especially for trying to seduce other men's wives & having several wives of his own . Smith quickly got his people together to vote the printing press be destroyed ,this later led to his arrest by outside authorities & later he was killed in jail by an angry mob . When in doubt , revealed truths are more important so burn the presses ! en.wikipedia.org Now onto Jonathan Swift ...