Posted by B. Buster at gateway.tpp.com on October 27, 1999 at 14:36:12:
In Reply to: Re: I'll be nice posted by Johnny R on October 27, 1999 at 13:56:25:
: I think that's the entire point Rock's character was trying to make. We don't KNOW what Christ's teaching was. Period. We think we do based on the Bible, but if you take Rufus as the 13th apostle, he's in a much better position to tell us what Christ's teaching REALLY was.
Are you saying a fictional character is in a better position to inform us what Christ's teaching "really" was than what we know from the historical record and the Gospels? That would be rather presumptuous on the author's part, don't you think?
b. buster