XPost: sci.skeptic, alt.atheism, alt.conspiracy   
   XPost: alt.religion.christian   
   From: jtem01@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/20/25 12:34 PM, Dawn Flood wrote:   
      
   > Oh, sure, and the Gospels also record that "the sky becomes (became)   
   > dark in daytime during the crucifixion of Jesus for roughly three hours..."   
   >   
   > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness   
   >   
   > I don't believe it; in my opinion, it was "a theological and literary   
   > creation" (per the late scholar Raymond E. Brown.)   
   >   
   > Believe such things, if you wish; I don't.   
      
   It's also important to note that the sky does become dark at fairly   
   regular intervals -- an eclipse -- that volcanoes and asteroid strikes   
   can and have resulted in darkness.   
      
   It's also gotten bright in the middle of the night!   
      
   One thing that can do it is an asteroid, of course... detonating   
   within the atmosphere with the force of a nuclear weapon.   
      
   Mind you, I am a huge proponent to the "Jesus was a latter day   
   invention." Which means the whole goddamn thing -- every word of   
   it -- is a literary invention!   
      
      
      
      
      
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