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That whole jesus thing is a load of tosh

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Peter
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07-03-2003 5:21 AM 		Reply to: Message 9 by doctrbill
07-02-2003 2:08 PM

Could the 'virgin birth' story have been a deliberate
attempt to win over Roman support for christianity?
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The Roman religion was, after all, filled with demi-gods.
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Peter
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07-04-2003 4:50 AM 		Reply to: Message 18 by doctrbill
07-03-2003 11:10 PM

True, but isn't much of the early christain representations
of God etc. basically copies of statues of Zues and Jove?
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That seems a deliberate 'look we're not so different' kind of
tactic. The Romans would even have tolerated christianity if
they hadn't been so closed minded as to attack the state ... or
freedom oriented and subversive depending on your view of the
Romans I suppose
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