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Originally Posted by Brother Bilo
No, I'm not defending the legitimacy of Christianity, I don't buy it either. I'm just saying that saying that our lives are determined by the experiences of an alien race that was brought to earth on spacecrafts that resemble DC-8's to be placed on all of the volcanoes on earth and then blown up by hydrogen bombs so their spirits can be released has to be the craziest thing I've ever heard.
I'm the lone black sheep in my immediate family that doesn't buy into christianity, so I've heard the stories of the bible, and I agree, are rediculous, but nowhere near the level of Scientology.
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The Son of the one and only God is born to a Jewish girl who never had sex after an angel appeared to her and told her what would happen. This half man/half God (yes, Jesus) walked around in the hinterland of Judea for a while healing lepers, expelling demons from people, turning water into wine, multiplying food, walking on water and raising the dead. After a while he ventured into the big city where he was sold out for a few shekels of silver by one of those who had seen many of his miracles performed in person (the Son of GOD, mind you!).
He was promptly nailed to a cross and buried in a cave where his body miraculously disappeared (kinda like Obi Wan in "Star Wars: A New Hope"). But wait! What really happened is that his soul departed his body and went up to be with his father - well, after appearing on Earth to a few more people anyway. Now he sits on the throne in Heaven next to his father who created the Universe in just six days. Of course he votes Republican and when not busy he speaks to George Bush and gives him instructions on how to run things down here.