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Ray K · 04-12-2002, 08:50 PM

I've created a "Jesus Poll" on the ChristianForums.com site and I'd be curious to see what the regulars here would choose. There's no way to post a poll here, as far as I can tell, so you can see it at:

<a href="http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10495" target="_blank">http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10495</a>

DarkBronzePlant · 04-15-2002, 05:58 AM

"Not divine, but a real person. The Gospel stories are likely just fictional exaggerations of his life as a religious leader."

Non-praying Mantis · 04-15-2002, 06:04 AM

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Originally posted by DarkBronzePlant:
<strong>"Not divine, but a real person. The Gospel stories are likely just fictional exaggerations of his life as a religious leader."</strong>

Ditto

NPM

Jamie_L · 04-15-2002, 06:11 AM

Most likely fictional.

Possibly with one or more real figures or stories forming a basis for the stories - but carrying about the same weight as a movie poster that says "based on a true story".

Jamie

Ender · 04-15-2002, 12:22 PM

Amazing! After i checked out your poll, RayK, i registered in that christianforums.org site with the handle "Great Infidel." I came across a thread titled "Gospel of Thomas: Real or fake?" and posted my two cents there about my favorite passage in that apocryphal work.

Lo and behold, a couple of hours later, i tried to load the same page and could not access it. I chalked it up to a faulty server and headed off to bed. I tried again this morning, to no avail. I smelled something fishy and tried the same page on another computer. Egads, i shouted- my post had been cleanly deleted! Then I tried to log in with my account and was immediately subjected to a blank page.

Those damn censorin' fundies!

~WiGGiN~

Theli · 04-15-2002, 02:47 PM

Ender...

You were banned?

Why? What did you write that was so bad they had to ban you?

Typhon · 04-15-2002, 03:00 PM

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Ender...
You were banned?

Why? What did you write that was so bad they had to ban you?

Oh, likely the truth. Fundies seem as allergic to truth as some people are to strawberries, beestings, and shellfish.

And regarding the poll:

Jesus - Entirely mythic, a combination of late Roman mystery cultism and other mythos.

.T.

Autonemesis · 04-15-2002, 05:19 PM

They didn't have an option for my choice: Adapted for Television

Ender · 04-15-2002, 07:19 PM

All i wrote was that i admired the 3rd verse of the Gospel of Thomas, where it states that the "kingdom of God" is in you and elaborated on that a bit. Nothing too atheistic/infidelic.

Believe it or not, I was respectful, polite, basically kept on the kid gloves (i.e. politically correct netiquette).

I think the listed information (favorite bible verse, occupation, etc) tipped them off and the handle "great infidel" was over-the-top.

I'll be back with a vengeance! As soon as this evening!

~WiGGiN~

Tercel · 04-16-2002, 02:49 PM

When I go to ChristianForums.com I get a page saying the Admin has banned my IP Address... very interesting considering I've never ever been to those forums before.

04-12-2002, 08:50 PM	#1
Ray K Regular Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Texas Posts: 290	Jesus Poll I've created a "Jesus Poll" on the ChristianForums.com site and I'd be curious to see what the regulars here would choose. There's no way to post a poll here, as far as I can tell, so you can see it at: <a href="http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10495" target="_blank">http://www.christianforums.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10495</a>

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04-15-2002, 05:58 AM	#2
DarkBronzePlant Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: San Francisco, CA USA Posts: 3,568	"Not divine, but a real person. The Gospel stories are likely just fictional exaggerations of his life as a religious leader."

04-15-2002, 06:11 AM	#4
Jamie_L Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: U.S. Posts: 2,565	Most likely fictional. Possibly with one or more real figures or stories forming a basis for the stories - but carrying about the same weight as a movie poster that says "based on a true story". Jamie

04-15-2002, 12:22 PM	#5
Ender Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Lusitania Colony Posts: 658	Amazing! After i checked out your poll, RayK, i registered in that christianforums.org site with the handle "Great Infidel." I came across a thread titled "Gospel of Thomas: Real or fake?" and posted my two cents there about my favorite passage in that apocryphal work. Lo and behold, a couple of hours later, i tried to load the same page and could not access it. I chalked it up to a faulty server and headed off to bed. I tried again this morning, to no avail. I smelled something fishy and tried the same page on another computer. Egads, i shouted- my post had been cleanly deleted! Then I tried to log in with my account and was immediately subjected to a blank page. Those damn censorin' fundies! ~WiGGiN~

04-15-2002, 02:47 PM	#6
Theli Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 2,567	Ender... You were banned? Why? What did you write that was so bad they had to ban you?

04-15-2002, 05:19 PM	#8
Autonemesis Contributor Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: I've left FRDB for good, due to new WI&P policy Posts: 12,048	They didn't have an option for my choice: Adapted for Television

04-15-2002, 07:19 PM	#9
Ender Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Lusitania Colony Posts: 658	All i wrote was that i admired the 3rd verse of the Gospel of Thomas, where it states that the "kingdom of God" is in you and elaborated on that a bit. Nothing too atheistic/infidelic. Believe it or not, I was respectful, polite, basically kept on the kid gloves (i.e. politically correct netiquette). I think the listed information (favorite bible verse, occupation, etc) tipped them off and the handle "great infidel" was over-the-top. I'll be back with a vengeance! As soon as this evening! ~WiGGiN~

04-16-2002, 02:49 PM	#10
Tercel Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,315	When I go to ChristianForums.com I get a page saying the Admin has banned my IP Address... very interesting considering I've never ever been to those forums before.

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