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In reply to the discussion: A question if you want to answer. What caused you to deconstruct from your religion. [View all]3Hotdogs
(14,380 posts)When he got to the topic of Christianity and the Roman Empire, he explained that Jesus was one of the many Jews who were executed by the Romans for fomenting tension against the Romans. The difference was that Jesus's followers kept together and expanded the myth around his birth, life and death. Others had followers who gave up after their leader died or was killed. He then went on to point out that there were/are many religions that have special births, miracles and deaths as part of their belief framework.
So if there were many virgin births and such, why was mine, special?
What I remember about his course.... I sat there in awe of his teaching voice - similar to that of an English lord in the House of Lords. I guess it was his preaching voice when he became pastor at several large churches. He later became President of Howard University.
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