December 26, 2012

Fighting the History of Jesus

John Dickson, ABC Religion & Ethics

It is time for the evangelists of unbelief to give up the nonsense that the figure at the heart of Christianity may have never even lived.

There are plenty of good arguments against the world's largest religion, but claiming Jesus never walked the roads of Galilee isn't one of them. To make such a claim is to turn what should be a world heavyweight contest into a lightweight sideshow.

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TAGGED: Faith, history, Jesus

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