Was Jesus born of Mary and Joseph?

stoney wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17932949-13762,00.html

Court to decide Jesus' existence
From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Rome

January 25, 2006

AN Italian court will this week ponder the existence of Christ after an
atheist accused a priest of misleading the public by presenting Jesus as
an historical character.
The atheist, 72-year-old Luigi Cascioli, first filed a complaint against
75-year-old Father Enrico Righi, a parish priest in Bagnoregno, central
Italy, in September 2002.

Father Righi had asserted the historical existence of Christ in a parish
newsletter.

"This complaint does not wish to contest the freedom of Christians to
profess their faith ... but wishes to denounce the abuse that the
Catholic Church commits by profiting from its prestige to present
historical facts as if they are real when they are only inventions," the
atheist said on his website.

The trial, beginning tomorrow, will consider article 661 of the Italian
penal code which, under the term "abuse of popular gullibility",
sanctions people who mislead others.

Mr Cascioli has said he will withdraw his complaint if he receives
proof of the historical existence of Christ.

/end


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Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.

Was Jesus born of Mary and Joseph?

stoney wrote:

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17932949-13762,00.html

Court to decide Jesus' existence
From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Rome

January 25, 2006

AN Italian court will this week ponder the existence of Christ after an
atheist accused a priest of misleading the public by presenting Jesus as
an historical character.
The atheist, 72-year-old Luigi Cascioli, first filed a complaint against
75-year-old Father Enrico Righi, a parish priest in Bagnoregno, central
Italy, in September 2002.

Father Righi had asserted the historical existence of Christ in a parish
newsletter.

"This complaint does not wish to contest the freedom of Christians to
profess their faith ... but wishes to denounce the abuse that the
Catholic Church commits by profiting from its prestige to present
historical facts as if they are real when they are only inventions," the
atheist said on his website.

The trial, beginning tomorrow, will consider article 661 of the Italian
penal code which, under the term "abuse of popular gullibility",
sanctions people who mislead others.

Mr Cascioli has said he will withdraw his complaint if he receives
proof of the historical existence of Christ.

/end


--
Fundies and trolls are cordially invited to
shove a wooden cross up their arses and rotate
at a high rate of speed. I trust you'll
be 'blessed' with a cornucopia of splinters.

Was Jesus born of Mary and Joseph?