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   XPost: alt.religion.christian   
   From: Dawn.Belle.Flood@gmail.com   
      
   On 9/20/2025 2:24 PM, JTEM wrote:   
   > 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!   
   >   
      
   And, yes, all of those things do occur, but, on that day, the Moon was full!   
      
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