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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:

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Originally posted by dandelion:
Stephen Hawking definitely disproves the existence of God, conjectures no afterlife.

Or something.

I'll have to share this. Just so my friends know there's no God.

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Originally posted by dandelion:
I told my family and their response was derisive.

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Originally posted by Mr. Dark:
Doug: Enjoyed the RB spoofs with Mormon titles!

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Originally posted by patrask:
I saw Bill Maher's Religulous and I thought it hit home pretty well. Not just one of the world's religions, but all of them, a sorry excuse for the truth. Once you realize that the Christ Story has been around the block for a few thousand years BEFORE CHRIST, it make you wonder why anyone would believe in the story at all. It must hit a universal nerve in us somewhere that causes us to feel better in the assumption that we can be saved, from ourselves, and get to the next level. I have read a lot of things over my lifetime that lead me to believe in the truth of what is presented in this movie. If you are faithful and strongly believe that does not hurt my feelings. But, I think one should consider the alternatives and understand the sources that have been used to compile the story, before you swallow it whole. There is much to laugh at in the movie, and much to cry about as well, that we can be this immature so late in the day. Maybe there is hope for Mankind, maybe not. I especially liked Mr. Maher's final summation. Go see it - it can't hurt your sensibilities to see what is known about the religions of the world and how they can seem so really ridiculous, thus the title of the movie.

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Originally posted by dandelion:
Although I didn't see the movie, my response to the stories being around long before Christ is SO, WHAT? What does that prove that the Bible doesn't already say? Christ came to fulfill thousands of years of prophecy. Some of the prophecies were repeated and circulated, perhaps in story or myth form, throughout various cultures for some time before the actual birth of Christ. And, there are only so many plots and characters around since the beginning of time. Even Shakespeare isn't original. Sometimes a story is around as an urban legend, and later something similar happens in real life. Again, SO, WHAT?

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Originally posted by Doug Spaulding:
One word: Midrash.