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|  08-22-2009, 07:54 PM | #1 | 
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			BC&H Hobby horses: "Jesus is a myth."  "Jesus was historical."  "Jesus is hysterical!" (Oops, typing too fast.)  "Eusebius invented christianity."  "History is based on evidence, not desire."  "Brunner is the answer. (I don't know the question.)"  "The gospels were written in Aramaic."  "You're all a pack of atheist scum."  Submissions accepted.  society for public information and news | 
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|  08-22-2009, 08:05 PM | #2 | 
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				 |   "The NT Apocrypha were authored after 325 CE"  "Arius of Alexandria and Leucius Charinus are one in the same person"  How many hobby horses can someone have in the stable? What do you call someone with a herd of hobby-horses? Are we accepting HOBBY DONKEYS?   | 
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|  08-23-2009, 08:58 PM | #3 | 
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			"Can we have this derail split off? thanks. "    | 
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|  08-31-2009, 09:02 AM | #4 | 
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			BC&H Hobby horses: "Jesus is a myth."  "Jesus was historical."  "Jesus is hysterical!" (Oops, typing too fast.)  "Eusebius invented christianity."  "History is based on evidence, not desire."  "Brunner is the answer. (I don't know the question.)"  "The gospels were written in Aramaic."  "You're all a pack of atheist scum."  "All modern text scholars are scum. The KJV is perfect."  Submissions accepted.  society for public information and news | 
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|  08-31-2009, 10:58 PM | #5 | 
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			"The little house-church out on the prairie of Dura Europos was a "© Christian ©"  house-church."    | 
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|  09-01-2009, 05:19 AM | #6 | 
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			E.P. Sanders presents the best case for a Historical Jesus. How many articles have you published in peer-reviewed mainstream journals? Even Doherty disagrees with you. The Bible is a historical source The story of Jesus contains a historical Kernel | 
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|  09-01-2009, 04:23 PM | #7 | ||
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			I personally haven't found this beaten to death here. I guess you have someone in mind, though I can't think of who. Can I leave it as pending... upon further discussion?   Quote: 
 The last makes me think of things like Will Durant and Michael Grant who are atheists believe in the historical Jesus. It might be a good idea to make a list of these ploys as well. The following certainly raise no question: Quote: 
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|  09-01-2009, 05:37 PM | #8 | 
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			The state (the U.S. Constitution) has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he may desire."  ..... (Pope Pius IX)    "To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition." - Woody Allen   | 
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