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What if the passage of time and paucity of historical documentation make it virtually impossible to know what the truth is? In such cases an educated guess is the best result you can hope for.
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We all know George Washington was a real person. His de facto "deification" started almost right after he died. The myths and legends surrounding his life are more real to people today than than the life of the mortal George Washington. King Arthur may have been one person or the syncretion of several different people and events over time. Jesus of Nazareth probably was a real
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Most English speakers are not familiar with the German language Western novels of Karl May: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_May There are many people who live in the world of Winnetou and Old Shatterhand but they aren't real and neither are the characters in the "Book of Mormon." https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_Americans_in_German_popular_culture
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http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/History_of_the_Airplane/Doers_and_Dreamers/Wright_Smithsonian_Controversy/11_Resolution.htm http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/scientific-american-debunks-claim-gustave-whitehead-was-first-in-flight/
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but in modern Western culture it's acceptable for women but not for men. Life is strange, no?
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It's in the 1959 version screenplay -- not the 1925 version or the book.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_GENLBXgf8
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The Sixth Dalai Lama didn't keep his vows and "mysteriously" disappeared... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Dalai_Lama "Tsangyang Gyatso had always rejected life as a monk, although this did not mean the abdication of his position as the Dalai Lama. Wearing the clothes of a normal layman and preferring to walk than to ride a horse or use the state palanquin, Tsangyang only
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The Dalai Lama has confirmed Jalue Dorje of Columbia Heights, MN as the Eighth Takshem Lama: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/2016/08/12/minnesota-lama/32006/
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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/18/fake-human-sacrifice-filmed-at-cern-with-pranking-scientists-suspected
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https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/17/ben-hur-remake-gore-vidal-charles-heston-gay
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You can accept or reject the theory but all evidence to date supports it. I've never understood how people couldn't accept that our ancient ancestors and the ancestors of modern great apes were once related. They are too much like us and we are too much like them. Many people still can't believe that all of the races of man are one and the same. I suppose some people would rather believe
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The (legend, myth, faith, whatever) of Jesus has outlived the man.
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and eventually reach the state of nothingness.
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Colorado City Polygamy Tour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb0pXmTi87I
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The (fictional) story of Jesus the Christ is what has outlived the human being Jesus of Nazareth. This has nothing to do with Biblical scholarship. Today, Christians believe the supernatural parts of Jesus' story -- the virgin birth, avatar of God in human form, rising from the dead, etc. Siddhartha Gautama was a real person who lived and died. According to Buddhism, after meditating
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZPKCDOeyMg
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That should clear things up a bit.
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Both are myths that are made up.
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