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bacht · 07-07-2011, 06:52 AM

If I lived in a society that claimed to uphold justice yet saw examples of unaddressed injustice all around me I might be tempted, in my disillusionment, to turn to supernatural assurances.

Surely this sort of mixed-messaging is at the root of much religion: "Forget politics and law, because there is no justice in this world." There is a certain logic to it, in a fatalistic kind of way.

hjalti · 07-07-2011, 07:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Krisk10

And the only real rebuttals to applying the cog dis theory to Christian origins that I have seen are:

1] N.T. Wright, The Resurrection of the Son of God (2003), pg. 697-701.

You, sir, are very generous to bishop Wright.

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07-07-2011, 06:52 AM	#31
bacht Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 2,305	If I lived in a society that claimed to uphold justice yet saw examples of unaddressed injustice all around me I might be tempted, in my disillusionment, to turn to supernatural assurances. Surely this sort of mixed-messaging is at the root of much religion: "Forget politics and law, because there is no justice in this world." There is a certain logic to it, in a fatalistic kind of way.

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