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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
I can't speak for Niamh, but assuming that Jesus as a man did exist, claiming to be the son of a supernatural deity in order to gain a following of cultists is reason enough for me to want to tear someone down...
As it happens, I personally don't believe that the literal Jesus of the Bible ever existed at all. I'm open to the idea that the character was loosely based on a real individual, but the truth of that individual's life would be so far removed from the biblical stories as to make them as good as fiction for all intents and purposes.
With THAT in mind, I no more want to "tear down" Jesus than I want to "tear down" Harry Potter. I just reserve the right to point out that believing in wizards, dragons and house elves is somewhat questionable.
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so the actual moral values and wisdom and love and content of his teachings should me ignored and mocked and you see no value in any of them? you see no value in the billions they've raised for the sick and poor..the faith beliefs and values they've helped grow in billions, the missionary work to feed cloth and educate the poor etc etc you see no value in his teachings about forgiveness and redemption ? you see no value in any of this?