Jesus cheated on his homework!

[IRC]

Link.
I heard he was too busy smoking with Mary Magdalene out behind the gym. Jesus was so cool.

[Blackberry]

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*cover ears and shakes head*
I don't want to hear it. I don't want to hear it.

Oh... wait. I'm not a Christian.

Yeah, many of the stories about Christ appear in other religions and stories, many prior to his birth. Like the going to the desert for forty days and nights. Buddah and Zoroastor did it too.

[Kefka Jr.]

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Man, whatever. I copied my science homework off of my friends all the time.

Wait... I failed that class.

Is Jesus gonna have to go to summer school?

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

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This, in turn, undermines one of the strongest literary arguments employed by Christians over centuries to support the historicity of the Resurrection (in which they believe on faith): the specificity and novelty of the idea that the Messiah would die on a Friday and rise on a Sunday. Who could make such stuff up?

That sounds suspiciously unlike a strong literary argument.

[John Mora]

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But it is one of the strongest employed by Christians. :3

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

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I doubt it! I've never personally heard anyone claim that the uniqueness of the Bible is evidence for its truth. That's stupid!

[Kefka Jr.]

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Yeah, that does sound pretty stupid. I mean, what's the big deal if there's a resurrection precedent? The Lion King pretty much has the same story as Hamlet, but it's still decent.

That was a good analogy, right?

[John Mora]

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Nice literary argument. :3

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

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More importantly, IRC's comment made me think of those dubbed Jesus videos, for some reason, and they are still hilarious.

[hitogoroshi]

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Wait, so if the argument is that it's something so out there that it couldn't be made up by a mere mortal, doesn't Scientology pretty much win by default?

[Vanilla Iced Tea]

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Wait, so if the argument is that it's something so out there that it couldn't be made up by a mere mortal, doesn't Scientology pretty much win by default?

Precisely why no one in their right mind would make that argument.

[Magus]

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I thought SEELE held the Dead Sea Scrolls.

[Stormy]

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Basically people are making a big deal about something that really doesn't tell us anything at all.

Wow, thanks for wasting my time

[Karr Lord of Chaos]

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i think people are missing the whole point of religion. if we suddently found irrifutable evidence tomorrow that proved that the whole christain religion was a lie would it really change anything? religion is based on faith, not in proving that it exists or not with science or reason. those who belive belive in the spirit of christanity, and that belief will not be shaken by any hard evidence.

[IRC]

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I imagine it would change quite a lot for the people who follow that religion.