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Originally Posted by ForgottenKnight
Star Wars and LOTR aren't religions. There's a huge difference. I'm saying that had it nont been true, then it wouldn't be accepted. Istead it would have naturally died (without some sort of brainwashing technique as Sciencology uses, which was and is not used in Christianity).
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you are correct that star wars and LOTR aren't relgions. but if those stories had been told 2000 years ago, they very well may have been. things which are not true are accepted all the time. just look at conspiriacy theorists. think about how many people believe that the roswell crash was actually an unidentifed flying object. all it would take for that to be 'true' is for teh govt. to say it was a UFO (even if they were lying).
a better example would be scientology. do you think there's any truth to it? probably not. for an intents and purposes, right minded people think it's a cult. and guess what? for the first 200-300 years of christianity, it was essentially considered a backwoods cult. it wasn't until constantine became emperor of rome that it was able to really spread. give scientology an ounce of that kind of credibility and in a thousand years (especially in a 'primative' time) it could become as big as christianity is.
but scientology was just made up, you say! well, so was christianity. i have yet to see any proof that jesus was definatly a real person, let alone that he performed those miracles associated with him. i've said taht before (and think i may have forgotten to reply to a post), but i'd love to see some primary sources. some sort of proof given by people were contemporaries of jesus. it's really easy for someoen to start a cult and then have another write about him 30-60 years after his death.
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I have to say that I am extremely dissapointed in how so many of you refuse to accept that Jesus is Christ the Lord, savior of our souls, forgiver of sins, son of the one true God, and a real person who existed in history. It's sad for me to see so many lost souls.
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i have to say that i'm very disappointed that you feel the need to patronize us. i'd say that if ti weren't so sad that this is your real opinion, this would be trolling.
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Originally Posted by asaris
Plus, and correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the genre of fiction not exist when the gospels were written?
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have you ever heard of homer's illiad and oddessy? oedipus rex? greek drama was pure fiction (although i'm sure some of the stories were believed to be true or based on truth). science fiction i would think would be another issue. but telling stories, made up stories, are probably as old as language itself.