How Myths Form in Our Day
Ralph Nielsen nielsen@uidaho.edu
Sun, 1 Mar 1998 15:49:33 -0800 (PST) (00888817773, v03007801b0f8f37505ae@[129.101.112.55])
Below is an example of how myths can arise in our own day. We have all
heard of how JFK and Elvis Presley have risen from the dead and have been
seen by many. Here is another one from the holy city of Jerusalem.
Ralph
>Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 12:58:46 -0700
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>From: "Aharon Avraham" <rewer@email.msn.com>
>To: "About Missionaries and Us" <m-debate@virtual.co.il>
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>>The Messianic Jew has an interest in the Torah because it points to
>>Yeshua [Hebrew for Jesus],
>>fulfilled by Yeshua, endorsed by Yeshua, taught by Yeshua, and even given
>by Yeshua.
>>(But I don't expect you to agree.)
>
>Yes maybe... only when you shoot the arrow and paint the bull's-eye around
>the target... how can you miss? Yes I know if we disagree -- the
>standard reply is we took it out of context. I can apply every thing you
>said about Yoshke [Hebrew diminutive for Jesus] to Jimmy Hoffa. Jimmy was
>born of a virgin, suffered
>under congress, went before Bobby Kennedy, put to death by the Mafia (the
>descendant of the Romans), they never found his body -- and rose again and
>appeared to me in the sky.... and thousands are coming to believe every
>day.... etc... etc... give the story a couple years who will know the
>difference.
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>Aharon
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