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>From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
>Behalf Of PHSEELY@aol.com
>Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 9:28 PM
>As for the silly comparison of Osiris, et al to Jesus' resurrection. It is
>questionable whether even the Egyptians considered Osiris a
>historical figure
>who walked the earth; and certainly no historian today would think so.
Why is it a silly comparison when their followers had a very similar
communion service? Even if Osiris wasn't historical, it doesn't therefore
mean that Osirian attributes couldn't be applied to a person who actually
lived. We can dismiss the possibility as a 'silly' idea unworthy of
consideration by civilized men and women but that doesn't actually answer
the question--it avoids it. I am merely suggesting that we are not
consistent in the way we are approaching those two stories at opposite ends
of the Scripture. But if one prefers to simply dismiss the comparisons for
whatever reason, so be it.
As for me, I don't like the comparison either, but it is out there and my
ignoring it won't make it go away any more then, when as a YEC, my ignoring
the evidence of radioactive dating made the earth 6000 years old.
glenn
see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
for lots of creation/evolution information
anthropology/geology/paleontology/theology\
personal stories of struggle
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