This is precisely why there is religion. Well, that and to control the masses, of course :p. You do not want to except that there is nothing after death. It could be a scary thing. Seriously, I don't need to know if I have an eternal existence or not. That is not what is important to me. What is...
Perhaps, for simplicity's sake, I should have just put yes or no.
It is theoretically possible that this happened. I think that this scenario makes much more sense than the supernatural version of the story.
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If Jesus and Mary decided to leave the area, where he was known and wanted, there are better options than fleeing to France. That area of France was under Roman control. In fact, much of Europe and the Middle East were under Roman control, so it would be possible that someone could recognize...
Hello,
As you all can probably tell, I am new here, so again hello. I was reading through a thread and some one mentioned some similarities between the teaching of Jesus and Buddhism. I got me thinking about something I heard not too long ago. I went on a research trek and I believe that, if...