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Comment by booklover on August 13, 2012 at 6:11pm
Comment by booklover on August 13, 2012 at 6:05pm Tony, I love that! Thanks for thinking of me and posting it! :) I have a few people I am going to share that with that will appreciate it! ~ Melinda :)
Comment by sk8eycat on August 13, 2012 at 6:03pm Claudia: "...Jesus as one of his own" WHAT? Myths? Folk tales? As far as I know, the "Jesus" of the gospels is/was 100% fiction. Same as Noah, Moses, and Abraham. They are all folk heroes, like William Tell and Rip van Winkle.
No evidence for any of them.
Forget about it and get on with your own life.
Comment by Tony Carroll on August 13, 2012 at 4:20pm Yeah, just struck me as off-center, tilted, silliness. Right up my alley!
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Comment by booklover on August 13, 2012 at 8:29am Hi Tara, not sure if we've ever 'met'! I'm Melinda. :)
Comment by Ian Mason on August 12, 2012 at 10:34pm Welcome back, Tara.
Comment by Tara on August 12, 2012 at 9:53pm Hi all! I've been gone on hiatus for almost a year it seems as I've been bogged down with school/work/kids.
*insert rambling, near-whiny whimpering and general grumpy explanations here*
Anyway, glad to see that things are still pretty active around here... Lots of stuff to read up on! :)
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