<<Thanks Jim for sending the Durant's quote. I remember reading it several
years ago and it really struck me his assertion than it would have been a
greater miracle to make up (as some has suggested in this forum during the
last weeks) Jesus story that it to have actually happened. >>
Exactly. Here we have a religious skeptic, but one who made history and human
behavior his central focus for fifty years. Rather than let his emotional
beliefs cloud his reason, he reached the only conclusion that data compels.
How novel!
Jim