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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Possible to Obtain magic powers>?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.173239.15655@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Jul29.012221.7852@unislc.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 17:32:39 GMT
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- erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp) writes:
- :
- : : religious texts: so If I write a book that's good enough to be around in 2k
- : : years, and it happens to be religious fiction (*quickflame*: Ain't it all?),
- : : then would that be an 'ancient religious text' which could be accepted as
- : : fact?
- :
- : There are many religious texts around the world that can be verified with a
- : high degree of accuracy, and which tally well with our own experiences today.
- : (The christian bible seems to not be one of those, however).
-
- They can? In what way? Certainly, they may show that such and such city
- existed at some time before the text was written. They may even talk about
- some of the rulers. So what? This is just history, which may or may not be
- recorded accurately - depending on the personal prejudices of the author.
-
- Other than verifying that a place or ruler existed - I don't know how you can
- verify the accuracy of any such text.
-
- Bill
-