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Jesus a myth?
As a fellow non-Christnas observer, for the same reason the Puritans banned the observance of Christmas in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1642 (the apostolic era church did not observe it, the date couldn't possibly be accurate, it is a combination of several pagan festivals, and observing pagan festivals even if changed to a ''Christian'' holiday is ...
Posted to Fighting Words by DocWilson22PP on December 15, 2008
Re: Rowling, Sacrifice, Christianity
I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on this point. Harry's survival doesn't make the book anti Christian in the least, if anything it does the opposite. It seems to me that the foundation of Christianity is not that Jesus died on a cross, but rather that by offering himself as a sacrifice he overcomes death, albeit spritual. In the case of ...
Posted to The Book Club by salty_bob on July 30, 2007