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Re: It's scarier if he actually believes his own nonsense.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 8 Apr 2003 06:39:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richie Dulin writes:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richie Dulin writes:
> > > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > > > <snip>
> > > > > Many do want that "God Bless America", but in Britain some like
> > > > > to think that God didn't just bless the place, he walked upon their very
> > > > > shores
> > > > <snip>
> > > >
> > > > Isn't this true also of a fairly large group of North Americans?
> > >
> > >
> > > And did those feet in ancient time
> > > Walk upon England's mountains green?
> > > And was the holy Lamb of God
> > > On England's pleasant pastures seen?
> >
> > These are questions, not statements - and the words to a hymn, not the
> > declarations of a faith!
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> No! Really? And you think I would have known that with those really
> obvious question marks at the ends of the lines! ;-)
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> There were those in Britain that *wanted* to believe that (whether they
> actually believed it I couldn't say). I only quote the hymn by William
> Blake as an example of the cult of Christ waltzing about England.
What is really odd, is that Glastonbury was Joseph of Aramathea's holiday
destination of choice!
(Note that I've never been to Glastonbury, and it may, in fact be a nice
place to holiday. It just doesn't seem very convenient to Nazareth (or were
they in Capernaum by then?)...)
> > > Not to that extent. :-)
> >
> > I don't know: Didn't Jesus visit people in the North America after his
> > resurrection, and organise a church there?
>
> Hey! Are you insinuating otherwise?
No, absolutely not! (And Salt Lake City may well be a nice holiday
destination too!)
> And besides, there's money in
> miracles, not just loopy pride about a non-miracle.
I suspect there's money in loopy pride, too :-)
Richie
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