From: John Beckett 

Phil Payne  wrote in message
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> I consider myself a Christian atheist, and I've said so many times over the
> years.

Wow! Have you read any material from Barbara Thiering? I have no idea if
she has made a name outside Sydney (she really hasn't any public profile
here either, but she was widely reported when her "Jesus the Man"
book came out ten years ago).

Thiering has done a lot of research on the  New Testament and the Dead Sea
Scrolls. She believes that the miracles described in the New Testament are
able to be read at two levels: the face value for a general audience, and
as a literal but disguised historical account. Her conclusion is that there
were no actual miracles. She has some very interesting interpretations of
the miracle descriptions.

John

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