Re: An agnostic is a closet atheist.

It seems to me I heard somewhere that Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD wrote in
article <1158705412.257934.136740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

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There is no evidence that "King of the Jews" was either derogatory or a
cuss-word, however, we know it was name-calling when this title was
bestowed upon the crucified Christ Jesus.

Nobody ever claimed it was a cuss-word ("curse word" is more formal
English), nor that it was derogatory. That is not why the Romans and
the Jews used it--they used it as evidence in his trial for challenging
the political system in Palestine. The allegation was that he
proclaimed that *he* was the King of the Jews, not Herod whom the Romans
had installed as [sub] king in Palestine. Such a claim would have been
an act of treason and seems to be the formal reason for his execution..

You really do need to spend some time learning these things, Doc.
--
Don Kirkman
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