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In reply to the discussion: Neil deGrasse Tyson: Russian meteorite was 'once a decade' event [View all]Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)29. The research I've read speculates that a few things may have happened, primarily a mystery cult
like that of Mithras, etc. which had an entirely mythical "Jesus" figure who had no objective historical reality, and then around 100-200 CE it got transmogrified retroactively into a historical existence. If you look at the records from the "time of" Jesus, there is no indication, outside the Bible, that such a figure was running around. There were, as you allude, many sorts of leaders, figures, charismatic preachers or rabbis, etc. and some of what became the historical "Jesus" may have been based on some of those guys, too.
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Good of wind and rain to erode that rock over millions and millions of years...
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#5
Because billions of years ago, gravitational forces caused matter to condense...
SidDithers
Feb 2013
#10
The research I've read speculates that a few things may have happened, primarily a mystery cult
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#29
The only proposed archeological evidence of a First Temple was proven to be fake also.
PufPuf23
Feb 2013
#34
Living in the Pacific NW, I can tell you for sure there have been some big floods in recent history
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#36
"Just because we're right is no reason to get snippy." Ronald Reagan's Dead Republican Astrologer (R
Berlum
Feb 2013
#25
According to various reports (AP, USA Today) reported injuries range from 100-1000
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2013
#31
"We'll survive the day, I promise, chuckle" Thanks Neil, you make me feel better.
mountain grammy
Feb 2013
#8
Really? So I should have read of 5 or 6 other strikes on populated areas? I wonder where I've been.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#45
No, the point is that something this size happens somwhere on Earth about once a decade
muriel_volestrangler
Feb 2013
#47