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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (26025)	11/18/1998 9:39:00 PM
From: Sam Ferguson	Respond to of 108807

Since you say the premise is wrong please explain why. The situation for both is the same. Seems like Jesus was reliving the same experience of Apollo or else someone fabricated both of them.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (26025)	11/18/1998 9:46:00 PM
From: Sam Ferguson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

While you dream up an answer for the parable I'll give you one less complicated. A good illustration of the mythical or unhistorical character of the New Testament is furnished by the story of John the Baptist. He is first represented as confessing publicly that Jesus is the Christ; that he himself is not worthy to unloose the latchet of his shoes; and that Jesus is the Lamb of God, "who taketh away the sins of the. world." John was also present, the gospels say, when the heavens opened and a dove descended on Jesus' head, and he heard the voice from the skies, crying: "He is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Is it possible that, a few chapters later, this same John forgets his public confession, -- the dove and the voice from heaven, -- and actually sends two of his disciples to find out who this Jesus is. [Matthew xi.] The only way we can account for such strange conduct is that the compiler or editor in question had two different myths or stories before him, and he wished to use them both. Can you think of any other reason for this memory loss so quickly for such an important thing as hearing God speak?