Rainier. Sorry for spelling your name incorrectly.

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Rainier,

The protesting students were not merely wearing Che T-shirts; they refused to take on board the truth about their hero.

Why? What mae them so unwilling to see Che for what he was?

But the real point is the way in which this murderer has somehow become an icon of - well what exactly? Che T-shirts and other Che appurtenances are now commonplace.

What are we to make of Che's Britannica entry? Failing to mention his role as Castro's executioner is a bit like writing a potted biography of Stalin and failing to mention the gulag.

If a gangster like Che can be transformed into a figure of reverence in four short decades what does that tell us about other cult figures such as Muhammad or Jesus?

Was Muhammad the Che of his time?

Did Jesus actually exist?

"Did Jesus actually exist?"

Posted by stevenlmeyer.

Did Pontius Pilate?.

I was wondering where this thread was heading. The lead-in seemed so... contrived, somehow.

>>Is this the birth of a new religion? A long time ago in South Africa I saw a group of university students... all wearing Che Guevara T-shirts.<<

As non-sequiturs go, that has to be up there with the best.

New? nope, it was a "long time ago".

Religion? From a T-shirt? who's kidding whom here? If that were the case, we'd have religions based on Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison and a host of other iconic faces.

So what exactly is the agenda here, stevenlmeyer?

>>If a gangster like Che can be transformed into a figure of reverence in four short decades what does that tell us about other cult figures such as Muhammad or Jesus? Was Muhammad the Che of his time?<<

Ah, back on that old hobbyhorse, are we?

You must really miss Boaz.

You're starting to channel him. Right down to his "start a thread that I can twist later" tactics.

Some advice. Don't go there. You'll only end up feeling dirty.

You only have to see have people look at Obama now to get your answer. The myth of him being the Saviour of the world has been very evident from many posters. Funny though the fastest growing religion seems to be the earth worshipers who promote self righteousness and place the environment above human life. They are even deceitful or blind enough to believe that 'science' validates their myths. Just look at the disgusting way the Greens are promoting their religion through the bushfire tragedies.

Perhaps God does exist?

Always has.

Whether it was a pagan 'God' like
thunder, lightning, ancestors, totems,
or deities like - Pharoah, Caesar,
Alexander, Jesus Christ, Mohammad, et cetera.
Mankind has always found something to believe in
other then themselves.

Then theres' also -
men like Che, Mao, Castro, Tito, even Lenin, Stalin,
Hitler, Churchill, John F. Kennedy, and more recently
Barack Obama, all had/have their own 'worshippers.'

To each his own...