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- From: v22964qs@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Mike Cluff)
- Newsgroups: talk.religion.misc
- Subject: Re: Truth in topic
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- Date: 21 Nov 92 20:36:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov21.184129.11977@en.ecn.purdue.edu>, muehlhau@en.ecn.purdue.edu (John Muehlhausen) writes...
- >It is very interesting to scan through all the topics addressed on
- >this group (misc. religious) and note that overall Christianity in
- >its various forms is discussed much more than anything else.
-
- Well, given that the majority of nodes accessing this newsgroup are Western,
- and that Christianity is prevalent among Western societies, this is simply a
- selection artifact. If this were a Tibetan network, you might see a different
- pattern.
-
- Also, especially in the US, Christian fundamentalists have been trying to
- dictate government policy, which tends to bring about debate about
- Christianity's truthfulness.
-
- >Could this qualify it as a "best bet"?
-
- Only if popularity equates with truth.
-
- >Is there relevance to the fact that Jesus was the most influential
- >man who ever lived _by far_, even though we are in disagreement as to
- >the type of influence?
-
- The question is: relevance to what? Besides, if Hitler had killed all but ten
- people on the planet, he'd have been pretty influential. Would that have made
- him divine?
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