Re: virus: Pascal's wager

chardin (chardin@uabid.dom.uab.edu)
Sat, 11 Oct 1997 16:43:06 CST+6CDT


> Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 22:16:32 -0400
> From: Sodom <sodom@ma.ultranet.com>
> To: virus@lucifer.com
> Subject: Re: virus: Pascal's wager
> Reply-to: virus@lucifer.com

> chardin wrote:
> >
> > Tim, I think he asked it of Peter and Peter replied "Thou art the
> > Christ." The version I'm quoting right now is my head. But to
> > answer your question, I'm quoting a version in my head taken from the
> > King James Version. Please don't say I'm too lazy to look it
> > up--I'm in a hurry right now. My husband is getting fed up with my
> > being hooked to the computer....this list is wonderful...I could stay
> > wired all day....and night...it is obsessive...
> >
> > > Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 13:18:14 -0700 (PDT)
> > > From: Tim Rhodes <proftim@speakeasy.org>
> > > To: virus@lucifer.com
> > > Subject: Re: virus: Pascal's wager
> > > Reply-to: virus@lucifer.com
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, 9 Oct 1997, chardin wrote:
> > >
> > > > Christ asked the question and still asks: "Who do you
> > > > say I am?
> > >
> > > Ummm... Didn't he ask this of Pilate and then defer to his judgment of
> > > "who he was"? Wasn't that an object lesson for his followers? Which
> > > translation are you quoting? Are you using the gospels to get Christ's
> > > words or letters written long after his death?
> > >
> > > -Prof. Tim (A former biblical scholar, lost from the fold for a very, very
> > > long time, but without regret)
> > >
> > >
> You said it here, I check my messages about every 10 minutes too.
> Sodom

Tim, I haven't looked it up, lazy creature that I am, but I believe
the gospels (KJV) say that Pilate asked him "What is Truth?"
Chardin
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