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Re: Does God need to prove He exists?

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From: The Loan Arranger
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:00
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rbwinn wrote:

(HUGE amount of unnecessary quoting snipped)

> The Gnostiocs wrote a bunch of garbage about their theory that Jesus
> Christ did not suffer or die on the cross because he was a God.  They
> were trying to combine Christianity with Greek mythology.

The Catholic Church, on the other hand, tried to merge it with as many 
different contemporary religions as possible, in order to make 
Christianity an easier pill to swallow for "pagan" worshippers. At least 
the Gnostics had the style to call on classical influences!

TLA
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