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spamandham · 12-14-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by kcdad

http://www.marshallhall.org/hanson.html

"John Hanson, American Patriot and First President of the United States
(1715-1783)"

Wonderful. Somehow a discussion of Jesus turns into a discussion of Hanson vs Washington and who should be considered the first US President. ....and John Frum was based on historical persons, and Jesus was historical.

Let me know when you're done masturbating.

kcdad · 12-14-2009, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by bacht

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Originally Posted by kcdad

and how those beliefs and practices originated in natural social evolution

ABSOLUTELY

So why can't we look at Christian origins in naturalistic terms, as responses by Jews and then gentiles to their social environment? Belief in supernaturalism was basically universal in ancient times but that doesn't mean that miracles really happened (for one thing there were few useful scientific explanations yet for all kinds of phenomena including human behaviour)

ABSOLUTELY!!! There is no room for miracles and supernatural in the real world. So... references to them must be metaphorical.

kcdad · 12-14-2009, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by spamandham

Quote:

Originally Posted by kcdad

http://www.marshallhall.org/hanson.html

"John Hanson, American Patriot and First President of the United States
(1715-1783)"

Wonderful. Somehow a discussion of Jesus turns into a discussion of Hanson vs Washington and who should be considered the first US President. ....and John Frum was based on historical persons, and Jesus was historical.

Let me know when you're done masturbating.

So you miss the analogy... I am not surprised. Forget I mentioned it.

Jesus is a myth and John Hanson is a myth, and George Washington WAS the first President of The United States AND he chopped down a cherry tree.. You are absolutely right...

spamandham · 12-14-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by kcdad

So you miss the analogy... I am not surprised. Forget I mentioned it.

It's pretty easy to forget a string of vacuous assertions, so there won't be any difficulty obliging your request.

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