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Isaiah 53 - Richard Carrier

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BUT...<br />

So a failed prophecy from 600 B.C.<br />

In the midst of all this, one of those “Christs” managed to<br />

inspire a following causes that a fake survived prophecy his death. to be And forged their movement<br />

became what we call Christianity.<br />

in 165 B.C. that “reinterprets” the<br />

earlier failed prophecy, but that also<br />

They kept their apocalyptic claims alive, by various devices, sure<br />

it would come fails. any So people minute now try recalculating (because, after from all, their Christ<br />

had been killed, exactly as Daniel predicted).<br />

that fake prophecy and get dates in<br />

the 1st century, which leads to a fad<br />

Then a lucky turn came: Paul said “God” told him you don’t<br />

even have of to Jesus be Jews, Christs you just everywhere need to be “adopted” trying to into the<br />

master race, get and killed, it’s more which about causes the moral Christianity. community we<br />

create than the actual doomsday thing anyway, although that’s<br />

sure to come any minute now.<br />

It’s still sure to come any minute now. After 2,000 years.<br />

(Has Jesus shown up yet? Tick tock...)<br />

Tuesday, July 17, 12

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