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Old 07-13-2008, 07:31 PM   #6 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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I think Christianity is over 90% appropriation of pagan myths, practices, and beliefs.

Jesus may have existed. I don't see why not. But he only exists now as a cultural phenomenon. Even Aristotle exists, and Shakespeare, in similar fashions. They are a part of our culture and will have meaning for a very long time.

I don't believe in deities.
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