Historicity of Jesus - 2

[acharya]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The debates in the US are not like those between pagans of Antiquity
and Ancient Christianity. But there are debating secularized variants
of the question "Who is a true Christian?"

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> America will elect a new President on Nov 4, 2008.
>
> On the campaign trail, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah
> Palin has differentiated between those parts of the country that
> (she says) are "pro-America" and those that are "anti-America."
>
> Presidential candidate John McCain's brother spoke in Virginia
> recently, (a traditionally Republican state, now evenly balanced for
> the first time in recent Presidential elections, to the surprise of
> many), where he referred to the "real Virginia" as those who favored
> Republicans while declaring the northern Virginia folks
> as "communist" and not belonging to the "real Virginia."
>
> There have been other allusions to "real Americans" and those
> Americans who are apparently not "real".
>
> I found this to be an interesting pattern.
>
> Identifying a "Real" versus "False" Virginia is reminiscent of
> Christianity identifying "real" versus "false" religions when it
> confronted other cultures. Not surprisingly, in the present
> campaign, the distinction of "real" versus "false" (Americans,
> Virginias, etc) is coming from the Christian right as it confronts
> opposition to its political ends.
>
> It's interesting to see Balu's Chapter 2 playing out here on
> national TV.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


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