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Tseirpeht and wife. Asked by tseirpeht about 1 year ago, 1 answer.

Hello everyone!!! I was wondering if you could help me with a little project of mine, all I ask for are the tough questions concerning Christian theology. For example straw man theory, I already have a few of them and want to make sure I have all my...

bases covered. So if you find any questions that are unanswered please post them and if they concern a portion of the bible please indicate where. God bless and thankyou.

Toadaly Answered by toadaly on Nov 06, 2008, 11:11AM
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2000 years ago was an age of rampant superstition and uncritical magical thinking. Miracle men (basically illusionists and scam artists like Benny Hinn) were a dime a dozen. The idea that gods would descend to earth, change the course of history, and rise back to heaven was a common Greek theme. Legendary heos abounded and It was common to *invent* 'biographies' for them. Further, ideas such as passivism, asceticism, and the golden rule were well known.

Here's the question then.

Given this background, why would a *real* god choose to arrive at such a gullible period of time, in congruence with a common Greek theological theme, perform tricks very similar to what the hucksters were doing, say a bunch of wisdom sayings that were already common in the culture, and then leave only hero biographies as evidence of it all?

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