I know that even the devil tells the truth from time to time, but some groups have earned the reverse of "benefit of the doubt." If a Muslim Brotherhood rep wants to talk about Jewish conspiracies, I have better things to do than listen. (If he wants to talk about food prices that's another matter.)
It is a big deal to set that kind of default, and I try not to do it lightly. Political differences are too low a threshold to trigger it; though "How can you tell when a politician is lying?" isn't as huge an exaggeration as we'd like.
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I didn't even bother, which is close-minded of me. But you saved me the trouble by connecting it to Jesus Seminar. Begging the question, from start to finish. C.S. Lewis's opening chapters of Miracles still apply.
I quickly read an article about this, but it sounded a little hokey. I tried imagining how such a thing could have remained completely unmentioned in any of the Gospels. Just doesn't pass the smell test. It's great Dan Brown territory, though.
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