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Originally Posted by HarryT
All sockpuppets of terrazoids. All now banned. Terrazoids has now been banned permanently.
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Originally Posted by rhadin
Texas and California have state mandates, that is, only textbooks approved by state boards can be used in schools. Most other states leave the decision up to local school districts. Consequently, publishers cater to Texas and California because if they don't, they lose the opportunity to sell millions of books. But if they anger a local school district, they lose a sale of hundreds.
The way to combat Texas is to have more realistic states join forces as joint book buyers. The problem with choosing Connecticut and Iowa is that Connecticut closer to California and New York in outlook and Iowa generally is closer to Texas in outlook.
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Originally Posted by ardeegee
What I think about is-- look at all the rumors and legends that quickly cropped up after the deaths of Elvis, JFK, Hitler (not a Godwin) and so many other famously dead. All of them survive their death and go into hiding somewhere, where they are/were occasionally sited. Complete distortions and misrememberings and utter fabrications start days after an event (if not minutes) so imagine what can happen in a century, in a time without photographs and newspapers and television to make any tangible record of an event.
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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
As for understanding Jesus, I agree. You can't begin to understand who Jesus was without a good grasp of his Jewish underpinnings. There is a vast difference in my opinion between the man, his teachings, and the subsequent religion that was founded in his name.
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Don't forget that as as jesus was concerned, he was not forming a religion. he never even claimed to BE the messiah!