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To: alpha-8-25-02
“But look again at the chart. See the red circles. They are scattered nearly all over the chart. They represent churches. Single individual churches in Asia, in Africa, in Europe, in mountains and valleys, and so forth. Their being blood red indicates martyr blood. Christ their founder died on the Cross. All the Apostles save two, John and Judas, suffered martyr deaths. Judas betrayed his Lord and died in a suicide. The Apostle John, according to history, was boiled in a great cauldron of oil.”

Whoever did that chart should read Edward Tufte's Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and try again. It's kind of confused.

Ditto the quote. The Apostle John did not die a martyr's death, but was boiled in oil? "According to history" -- says who?

This thread's in danger of getting hijacked into a discussion of the Fundamental Baptist equivalent of Papal succession.

14 posted on 04/15/2007 1:46:01 PM PDT by Lee N. Field
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To: Lee N. Field

BTW fascinating book material from Tufte.


15 posted on 04/15/2007 2:32:47 PM PDT by Lexinom (DH08/FT08)
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