I don't know that the analogy with Arthurian legend is really very good,the old testament is a massively complex work though, but don't get me started on Yahweh or we'll be up all night.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag,
Mon 17 Oct 2011, 18:23,
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it's a reasonable analogyin that they're both legends - and people did genuinely believe in arthur and believe that he would return. but i'm using it basically just as an example of how stories and legends from multiple people can be layered onto one character, who may or may not have originally been real, and then stirred around until essentially nothing's left of the man who donated his name.
whether that did happen with jesus or not is a different question, but it seems perfectly plausible to me.
anyway, i wrote a lot of stuff just above when i said i wouldn't - i think i'll let the board recover :)
(whether that did happen with jesus or not is a different question, but it seems perfectly plausible to me.
anyway, i wrote a lot of stuff just above when i said i wouldn't - i think i'll let the board recover :)
boris the spider,
Mon 17 Oct 2011, 19:46,
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