Comments on: Strange and Curious Sects: Jesus Malverde http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html NIGHTTIME IS FOR DREAMING. DAYLIGHT IS FOR ACTION. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:50:26 +0000 By: Ebonmuse http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-35018 Ebonmuse Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:58:28 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-35018 Would you look at that. A true believer shows up! Would you look at that. A true believer shows up!

]]> By: Navi Cantoran http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-34971 Navi Cantoran Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:15:40 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-34971 Well every has there own opinion on him if you believe in him or not his story still lives on For those who need help he is there hope there faith I believe that is you have faith in him he will help you just as every other saint i really believe in him because he sounds more human more from here than other saint Well every has there own opinion on him if you believe in him or not
his story still lives on For those who need help he is there hope there
faith I believe that is you have faith in him he will help you just as
every other saint i really believe in him because he sounds more human
more from here than other saint

]]> By: Samuel Skinner http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33919 Samuel Skinner Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:24:17 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33919 It is like the old joke about Homer- Homer didn't write the Iliad- it was another blind poet with the same name! It is like the old joke about Homer- Homer didn't write the Iliad- it was another blind poet with the same name!

]]> By: Chris http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33900 Chris Sun, 06 Apr 2008 21:54:35 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33900 The above sounds like the internet jokes about Chuck Norris, only not a joke. It starts with small children and their daddies, and then moves on to taller children and their daddy figures... The above sounds like the internet jokes about Chuck Norris, only not a joke.

It starts with small children and their daddies, and then moves on to taller children and their daddy figures...

]]> By: Dzho http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33869 Dzho Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:53:57 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33869 This in a hundred-year time frame, and I can speak from experience about a shorter one. Back when I ran a chain of martial arts schools, the managers of the branch dojos used to tell me the latest stories that were making the rounds: how I had beat up three guys, fought in a death match or whatever. Sometimes I could remember having had a sparring match or an argument, but often the legends were just invented out of thin air. This process didn't happen with the branch managers, or with me at the main branch where people had regular contact. It seems to be a natural result of followers who exaggerate to build up credibility for an authority figure who is largely absent. This in a hundred-year time frame, and I can speak from experience about a shorter one. Back when I ran a chain of martial arts schools, the managers of the branch dojos used to tell me the latest stories that were making the rounds: how I had beat up three guys, fought in a death match or whatever. Sometimes I could remember having had a sparring match or an argument, but often the legends were just invented out of thin air. This process didn't happen with the branch managers, or with me at the main branch where people had regular contact. It seems to be a natural result of followers who exaggerate to build up credibility for an authority figure who is largely absent.

]]> By: Chris http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33840 Chris Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:33:10 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33840 In the *really* distant future, historians may even argue over whether there were two holy men named "Jesus" whose legends have somehow become entangled, or whether there was just one and the apparent inconsistencies the product of textual corruption. In the *really* distant future, historians may even argue over whether there were two holy men named "Jesus" whose legends have somehow become entangled, or whether there was just one and the apparent inconsistencies the product of textual corruption.

]]> By: Thumpalumpacus http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33837 Thumpalumpacus Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:06:56 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33837 Err, I meant "saint" and not "deity" in the penultimate sentence. Err, I meant "saint" and not "deity" in the penultimate sentence.

]]> By: Thumpalumpacus http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33836 Thumpalumpacus Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:06:02 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33836 See, where was this Jesus Malverde guy during my misspent youth, when every eighth of Mexican herb I smoked was raspy and gave me a headache? Those Sinaloans should've replaced him with a more efficacious deity. After all, he couldn't stop paraquat. See, where was this Jesus Malverde guy during my misspent youth, when every eighth of Mexican herb I smoked was raspy and gave me a headache? Those Sinaloans should've replaced him with a more efficacious deity. After all, he couldn't stop paraquat.

]]> By: Alex, FCD http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33835 Alex, FCD Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:32:29 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33835 <blockquote>"Thank you Malverde for saving me from drugs," writes Isaias Valencia Miranda, from Agua Zarca Sinaloa.</blockquote>Strikes me as an odd sort of activity for the patron saint of drug runners to be involved with.

"Thank you Malverde for saving me from drugs," writes Isaias Valencia Miranda, from Agua Zarca Sinaloa.

Strikes me as an odd sort of activity for the patron saint of drug runners to be involved with.

]]> By: mikespeir http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33821 mikespeir Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:43:56 +0000 http://www.daylightatheism.org/2008/04/strange-and-curious-sects-ii.html#comment-33821 And all that within the last hundred years and during a revolution in mass communication. Two thousand years ago a retold story could be rendered all but unrecognizable during the trip from one village to the next. And on the basis of that kind of testimony we're told we must abandon our critical sensibilities and turn our lives upside down to accord with it. If we don't, we're in league with transcendent evil and will rightly burn for eternity in Hell. Gads! How could I have peddled that kind of nonsense for so long? And all that within the last hundred years and during a revolution in mass communication. Two thousand years ago a retold story could be rendered all but unrecognizable during the trip from one village to the next. And on the basis of that kind of testimony we're told we must abandon our critical sensibilities and turn our lives upside down to accord with it. If we don't, we're in league with transcendent evil and will rightly burn for eternity in Hell.

Gads! How could I have peddled that kind of nonsense for so long?

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