Evan Jellicoe
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The problem with arguments such as the one happening in this thread is that most of the participants are speaking but not listening. There are exceptions, and I try to be an exception myself, but most of the time when a post gets rebutted, the original poster will deny the rebuttal rather than admit that perhaps that particular rebuttal might have made a good point.
In another forum I answered some people who were claiming that a real Jesus never existed. I posted the common line that "there is more hard evidence for the existence of Jesus than there is for the existence of Julius Caesar." Somebody answered and rebutted that statement with an argument that I had never heard. It didn't change my mind about the historical reality of Jesus, but it did change my perspective about the particular line I used. I answered by acknowledging that the poster had made a good point, and I thanked him for sharing. I wish I saw that kind of response from more people.
In another forum I answered some people who were claiming that a real Jesus never existed. I posted the common line that "there is more hard evidence for the existence of Jesus than there is for the existence of Julius Caesar." Somebody answered and rebutted that statement with an argument that I had never heard. It didn't change my mind about the historical reality of Jesus, but it did change my perspective about the particular line I used. I answered by acknowledging that the poster had made a good point, and I thanked him for sharing. I wish I saw that kind of response from more people.
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