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Re: Problems with Christianity
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sat, 16 Dec 2000 23:34:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Tom Stangl writes:
> SRC wrote:
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> > 2. Christ's significance isn't limited to just what He said and did.
> > You speak of Him in the past tense - it's not what He did - it's who He IS.
> > Christmas and Easter are celebrations of the three most significant events
> > in history - Christ's birth
<snipped long references about history of Christmas>
My point was that Christ's significance is not limited to what He said and
did 2000 years ago, but also who He IS - today - present tense - as in
alive and risen from the dead. The history of our celebrations on Dec.
25th is a different discussion.
SRC
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Agreed-- however, I think you missed my original point anyway-- my point wasn't that Christ DOESN'T have significance any more but that as a physical event spread by word of mouth (physical) and the bible (also physical) Christ is finite. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Pardon me but, are you really saying that Jesus is living here with us _today_? Like Elvis? I really can't understand how otherwise reasonable men/women became such unrealistic at times. Selçuk P.S. Actually you can be true. Two infamous (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Problems with Christianity
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| (...) (URL) then did we receive our holidays (holy days) with their customs and traditions _ Christmas as well as Easter, Halloween, and Mardi Gras? Each of them has come to us from ancient Babylon, through Rome, through the Roman Catholic church. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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