Will_Newsome comments on Best shot at immortality? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 22 March 2012 06:46:37PM *  6 points [-]

Trying to think about how a religion could be "true" is hurting my brain.

Well, if some chick actually got knocked up without getting laid and her kid raised some folks from the dead, transmogrified booze at parties then resurrected himself from death after getting executed then it'd start looking like one religion might be true.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 22 March 2012 10:02:20PM 1 point [-]

You know, I always wondered about the semantics of "virgin Mary". 'Cuz according to Jews rape doesn't count, right? And a bunch of Roman soldiers were there around that time. And metaphysically speaking there's nothing stopping the "Holy Spirit" taking the form of a Roman soldier...

Water into wine isn't hard if you have a potent cannabis tincture. The resurrection, though... that seems hard to do without real magick.

Comment author: gwern 23 March 2012 01:20:09AM 0 points [-]

Are you thinking of the old Jewish slander about a centurion knocking up Mary?