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   On Fri, 29 May 2015 21:07:40 -0500, Mitchell Holman  wrote:   
   .   
   >mur wrote in news:nu1imad0m0kgp6qoncpt3smjpj4nafdk7g@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 23 May 2015 07:58:03 -0500, Mitchell Holman    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>mur wrote in news:kskulat6ba4pempk0ij1oia8qlbiph0kb6@4ax.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Sat, 09 May 2015 00:38:00 -0700, Jeanne Douglas   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>> .   
   >>>>>In article <4oqqka1r335te65ih353qu2h6ssiorod5a@4ax.com>, mur wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>     What do you think the original authors of the Bible had to   
   >>>>>>     gain from what   
   >>>>>> they wrote down?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>Power and money.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>     Hilarious!!! What sort of power?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>      You don't think the priest class in every   
   >>>ancient society had power?   
   >>   
   >>     I was referring to the New Testament authors but neglected to say   
   >>     so. You   
   >> truly believe they got rich and powerful by telling lies about a being   
   >> who never existed at all to people who could have checked on it and   
   >> found out, and who could have turned them in to be killed when they   
   >> found out they were making it all up?   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   >     Are you kidding?   
      
       I'm challenging you in order to find out if you have any clue at all what   
   you think you're trying to talk about. So far it appears not.   
      
   >OF COURSE priests got rich and   
   >powerful by telling lies. Remember the wealth the   
   >Church got by selling indulgences? Who do you think   
   >invented tithing? Where do you think the money came   
   >from to build all those Catherals and monastaries?   
      
       And still it appears you have no idea why you think the original authors of   
   the New Testament wrote what they wrote. You can't even pretend you do. You're   
   trying to "teach" me something you have no idea at all about.   
      
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