h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Thank you for the clarification on the Old Testament.

The 'no more prophets' question and the statement about un-christian acts were aimed more at the people who keep quoting that line from Revalations and those who keep criticizing the beliefs of others, respectively.

This has nothing really to do with the conversation, but it just came to mind. I'd kind of like to see what a Muslim or a Buddhist or a Jew or someone of an alternate religion would say to these conversations. It would be interesting. Anybody know one?

The Muslim would ignore them and so would the Buddhist but for different reasons. The Hindu would wonder at the inability of people to realize there are many ways to God and all have merit. The Jew would look up the references in the Bible and wonder when the Messiah would finaly come. The sceptic would wonder why an all-powerfull God would need to sacrifice himself to himself in order to wipe away the sins of people who never stop sinning.

Some dates to think about;

Jesus's birth is 1A.D.

Herod ordered the slaughter of the innocents and died before April 12, 4 B.C.

Jesus was also supposed have been born during the census of Quirinius which took place after Archelaus was deposed in 6 A.D.

Jesus was baptized by John soon after John had started baptizing and preaching in the 15th. year of the reign of Tiberias, i.e. 28-29 A.D. and when Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene.

Lysanias ruled Abilene from c. 40 B.C.to 36 B.C.when he was executed by Mark Antony.

Annas was removed from the office of high priest in 15 A.D. after holding office for about 9 years.

Caiaphas became high priest about 3 years later, holding office for about 18 years (The New Testament has it that Annas and Caiaphas were joint high priests).

Alji