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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.skeptic
- Subject: Re: Harmony Of The Gospels?
- Date: 14 Nov 1992 03:59:52 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- References: <1992Nov10.135554.1@cs2.lamar.edu> <roelle.721501117@uars_mag> <12NOV199213240516@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu> <roelle.721608957@uars_mag> <13NOV199212394983@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu>,<roelle.721692970@uars_mag>
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- In article <roelle.721692970@uars_mag>, roelle@uars_mag.jhuapl.edu (Curtis Roelle) writes:
- =lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu (James J. Lippard) writes:
- =>But when one gospel (Matthew) inserts stories like the resurrection of
- =>the saints at the time of the crucifixion, who traveled to the cities
- =>and made their presence known, this does seem to be analogous to alien
- =>spacecraft. (Especially since this not only is unreported by any other
- =>account, it doesn't seem to fit in well with what Matthew himself says.
- =>If all these resurrected people were walking around prior to Jesus'
- =>resurrection, why the surprise when Jesus himself showed up?)
- =
- =In this case we might discount Matthew's account of the saints, as the other
- =gospels do not support it. If the gospels are severable, Matthew can still
- =be used to corroborate the other three gospels.
-
- I see. The witness's testimony has been thoroughly impeached on this point,
- yet we're supposed to consider the rest of his testimony to be reliable.
- Sounds to me like you've got such a strong need to believe that you'd believe
- damned near anything to avoid having to question your faith.
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