Saul was actually on SR-447
Apr. 27th, 2008 08:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
There's a thread on alt.atheism right now about the historical existence of Nazareth (short form, it wasn't there in the time of Jesus.) At best it was a cluster of farms. This has led to our usual silliness.
>>> There is evidence Nazareth existed, but it wasn't a "city" until about
>>> the third century CE. There were apparently a few farms in the area
>>> in the first century, but definitely not a place with which one could
>>> attach the label "of Nazareth" to his name.
>>>
>> So "Jesus of Nazareth" would be equivalent to "Jesus of Weed, Califonia"?
>
>Or even "Jesus of Gerlach, NV." I guess we'd have to ask the Mormons on
>that one...
I couldn't resist.
Yes, Kiri, you can repost this.
>>> There is evidence Nazareth existed, but it wasn't a "city" until about
>>> the third century CE. There were apparently a few farms in the area
>>> in the first century, but definitely not a place with which one could
>>> attach the label "of Nazareth" to his name.
>>>
>> So "Jesus of Nazareth" would be equivalent to "Jesus of Weed, Califonia"?
>
>Or even "Jesus of Gerlach, NV." I guess we'd have to ask the Mormons on
>that one...
I couldn't resist.
Our Man, Who art on fire
Hollow be Thy Frame
Thy Burn Night come
Our clothes be shorn, in dust and in sun
Give us this day our daily ice
And forgive us for the raver camps
As we forgive the art car which trespassed upon our tent
And lead us not into Gerlach
But deliver us more beer
Amen.
Yes, Kiri, you can repost this.
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Date: 27 Apr 2008 17:59 (UTC)