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Thread #91654   Message #1744874
Posted By: Big Al Whittle
21-May-06 - 04:13 PM
Thread Name: BS: Julius Caesar/Jesus - fact or fiction?
Subject: RE: BS: Julius Caesar/Jesus - fact or fiction?
I think if you're looking for proof, in a way, you've missed the point. the whole point of reason is to point you in the opposite direction of faith.

faith = a suspension of the scepticism and critical faculty that stands us in good stead in every other aspect of life.

rather in the same way the Hemingway said about courage in battle, being a suspension of our powers of imagination.

whether you suspend these great powers of reasoning and scepticism is very much up to you. But surely the whole business of doubting Thomas is a fair indication of what Jesus expected of us.

Finally (for this is heavy stuff for a bear of very little brain) Hemingway also said that there has never was an army that didn't run, fled the field of battle at some point.

Courage and faith, they aren't given to us all the time. Otherwise they wouldn't be a miracle.