My dear Michael, I couldn't disagree with you more, and I don't believe you really believe this. If you follow this logic then you must take everything in the Bible as literal truth. Or is there there some kind of equation you must follow where it can be 10 or 20 or 30 percent invention and the remainder literal truth and still remain viable?
Where is the dividing line between history and fiction? ..between fairy tale and fact? One can draw the same moral lessons from a piece of fiction as from a piece of "fact". The distance between me and a fiction is no greater than that between me and history given that it is in the past and cannot be reached. And it may be even greater depending on the loving care with which the lesson is transmitted. And the value of your life or mine or anyone else's is not determined by any external measure, but shines forth gradually in the context of our families, our work, our societies and the good things we leave behind. The value of a life, a society and a civilisation comes from the inside alone. Meaning arises in our web of what you call connectedness and is not dependent on the intellectual or historical accuracy of our religious texts! regards, Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 2:47 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Israel/Arab Conflict 101: The history of Israel > > > It means that everything from the existence of the Jews (with all the > biological evidence of our connectedness) to Christianity to > Islam itself to > the constitution of most governments have no basis at all. It > means that > everything that we've built up in civilization is based on > delusions and > that we have no purpose in existence other than to eat and die. > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
