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05-23-2009, 11:04 PM
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Why wouldn’t God kill Herod instead?
Why kill two dozens of innocent babies to save His Child?
Weird is it not?… Here is why... or maybe not. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/p...wish-myth.html |
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05-24-2009, 12:58 AM
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This is a little article from Christmas 2004 by Geza Vermes, a noted scholar. I don't think that anyone other than far out fundamentalists would think that the story had some historical basis. It has all the qualities of a folk tale. This is not very controversial.
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05-24-2009, 03:04 AM
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Moved to BC & H.
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