Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!rochester!sher From: sher@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Christ the AntiChrist Message-ID: <1886@rocheste.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Jun-83 00:11:36 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.1886 Posted: Mon Jun 6 00:11:36 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Jun-83 01:54:19 EDT Lines: 41 From: David.Sher I first must explain this message to minimize the damage. This message is a response (somewhat heated) to Larry Bickford's challenge to refute the ressurection. I will not refute it but will explain it. I do not want anyone whose faith might be weak and who wishes to retain his faith to be hurt by this article (Except Larry Bickford deserves whatever results are propogated from his actions). Anyway I start. The adversary whose purpose is to oppose God's plan in anyway that does not involve directly breaking God's laws (he can not since he is an angel) chose to try and prevent the spread of Judaism to the four corners of the earth. To do this he chose to establish a religion close enough to Judaism to woo followers away. So he established a pregnancy in a woman and instantiated himself as her child. This was viewed (quite rightly) as a miracle. The adversary being an angel began to preach. While what he preached was correct in the case at hand it was such that it would allow easy ways out for those Jews who were of weak constitution. In other words it made it easy rationalize away their sins. Of course he was clearly angellic and uninterested in sex. He soon gathered a following, whom began, subtlely, to corrupt. One of these grew sufficiently corrupt to sell him out to the authorities. They crucified him. But of course an angel can not be killed by ordinary means. So the adversary, as a final artistic touch, feigned death and then appeared to come back to life telling his adherents to start a new religion. This religion came into being. Being a construct of the adversary it was of course corrupt and eventually became involved in Roman politics. Of course one of its main goals was the elimination of Judaism. Yet as it spread amid the corruption some good was spread. The ten commandments and much of Judaism was accepted by people who did not have the strength to be Jewish. And so amid the evil good was done. This is a true miracle. OK Larry, disprove this. I have now explained the true origins of Christianity. If you don't believe me then you are going to have to disprove the substance (not merely some details) of this account. Note that this letters do not necessarily describe anyone's views. It has nothing to do with the Jewish religion. Nevertheless it should be answered. (It is rather convincing.) -David Sher (ofttimes AI project)