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William Lobdell is an intelligent, soft-spoken man and when he talks, you'll want to lean forward and listen because his story will resonate with anyone who's ever regarded themselves as a seeker of truth, whether they are religious or not.
Two friends were talking together after the war for independance. One was Benjamin Franklin. The other was Thomas Paine. When Franklin quipped,
The name of Nero, fifth in the line of the emperors of Rome, is one to conjure with. In Hollywood films, he is presented as a madman; a dangerous buffoon. To the early Christians, against whom he instituted the first persecution, he was the Anti-Christ.
Well I do, actually. That's why it annoys me when creationists tell me that Sir Isaac Newton (1643-1727) was one of them. He was a scientific genius & believed in a divine creator so how, they say, can you argue with that? Are you smarter than Newton?