Pantera

It was.

scigirl

They are both titles of books written by Les Strobel. I've read the Case for Christ, and it deals with details about the life of Jesus, new testament, etc.

The book is seriously contrived. He tries to sound like a questioning skeptic,but he fails miserably.

Interestingly enough, I learned after reading Case that the early church threw out a bunch of documents that contradicted other documents we know now as the new testament.

So as far as I'm concerned, the entire NT should be thrown out.

Therefore, case dismissed. (scigirl pounds her gavel on the table).

Daggah

Are you seriously suggesting that atheists shouldn't be allowed to be a part of politics?

Scrutinizer

Oops, I stand corrected.

Photocrat

So it'd have been better if we kept the 'Gospel of Thomas' & co.? You know--Thomas is the one that says "women aren't worthy of life" or somesuch...

Or better if we threw out the ones which say "love your neighbor as yourself"?

Yeah, there were good reasons for throwing some of that stuff out... and for keeping the rest, too :] Even the ancients didn't believe that nonsense about a giant cross talking to people after the Ressurection that's in one of the non-cannonical ones, apparently...

Kosh

Yeah, but they had no problems believing in
a talking, burning bush.

Or a talking Donkey. (or was that a Jack Ass?)

lpetrich

However, i'm sure that if some of the noncanonical Gospels had gotten accepted, we'd be seeing lots of profound theological meanings found in them.

For instance, one of them states that Jesus Christ had kissed Mary Magdalene on the lips very lovingly, and JC had to reassure the others that he did not love MM more than the others. This would be "interpreted" as how God has not forgotten those he seems to pay little attention to.

Or some "Infancy Gospel" about Jesus Christ as a little boy; it describes him as having made some clay statues of pigeons and turning them into live ones, and also him zapping some other boy who bumped into him. This would be "interpreted" as an example of God's creative powers and how God does not like people attacking him -- something like Elisha getting God to sic some bears on some little boys who teased them about his baldness.

My "theological meanings" are rather crude because I find it difficult to think like a theologian.

Toto

So if you throw out the most obvious fantasies, especially those with a point you don't like, does that make the less obviously bizarre fantasies true?