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Old 02-24-2010, 03:24 PM   #1
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I never claimed that the mythicist case was strong.
No, you just implied that the mythicist case was as unsullied by human emotions as any Vulcan in Star Trek! While, apparently, the emotions and motives of historicists can be freely queried and dissected to the nth degree --

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I never claimed that the mythicist case was strong.
No, you just implied that the mythicist case was as unsullied by human emotions as any Vulcan in Star Trek! While, apparently, the emotions and motives of historicists can be freely queried and dissected to the nth degree --

D-o-u-b-l-e
s-t-a-n-d-a-r-d.

Rick Sumner is dead right.

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The "implication" is just from your personal reaction to being asked to stick to the topic.

Whether mythicists or historicists are sullied by human emotions is not the point. The point is to discuss the evidence or lack thereof.
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