Directly at Franko......

[Darrin]

For crying out loud he's not jesus christ!

:roflmao:

(Just found this thread).

Maybe not (mainly because Jesus didn't exist), but when I needed some help he popped a few DVDs of shareware into an envelope and mailed them too me from Scotland and refused to even let me send him the postage costs via PayPal.

He was a great guy with a good sense of humour and was genuinely interested in helping others (like many other people here).  It is always a shame to lose someone like that.  I hope he comes back.

[Darrin]

You need to study your history better...

I did.  Jesus in in the same category as the Yeti, The Bogyman and grey space aliens who travel 100 light years to slash our cows with carving knives for kicks.  

[Darrin]

Your response clearly shows you haven't. From the Roman Historian Tacitus:

Jesus very likely existed. It's whether or not he's actually the Son of God that is up for debate.

If I quoted JK Rowlings to you then it doesn't mean Harry Potter existed.  You also seem to have some trouble (by your own admission) knowing the difference between "very likely" and "definately".  A bit like the Yeti really.  

[Darrin]

Waaaaiiiiit a minute, Darrin, you want to tell me Harry Potter didn't exist???

Yep, unlike Dr Who who IS real.

[Darrin]

@Darrin
Did Mohammed exist? (that guy who founded the Islamic religion)

Well we have his police record on his rather dodgy habbit of sleeping with little girls...

[Darrin]

This is an example of a thread going awry.  The thread is supposed to be about Franko, not Jesus or any other such figures.  Stay on topic or start a new thread elsewhere.  A good New Year's resolution, perhaps?

It is about Franko and whether or not he actually exists.  I have an envelope with his handwriting which could be the equivalent of the Turin Shroud!  However, I refuse to allow anybody to carbon date even a square millimeter of this “holy relic” for fear that it might prove that it is an early 2011 fake and not a genuine 2010 original!  He has even left an image of himself in the top corner and he looks surprisingly like Queen Elizabeth II.

[Darrin]

@ Darrin

You're original assertion:

To which I responded that you need to check your history. That wasn't an assertion that he did exist. It was an assertion that if you understood history, you couldn't blanketly state he didn't exist.

JK Rowlings and Gaius Publius Tacitus are two very different persons with two very different agendas and has nothing to do with the point I was trying to impress upon you.

True, but we can't actually prove that Greys and Bogymen don't exist either and there are "historic" documents (granted, made by rather iffy people) claiming that they do.

I myself saw a gnome riding a moped when I was alone on a dark road at 4am and in the process of falling asleep at the wheel.

[Darrin]

Gentlemen?

As someone as previously suggested, please move this particular discussion somewhere else. As the person who original broached this topic, I only intended to make a quick point rather than let it fall into debate. If you wanna open a discussion on it, I'll gladly join any and all there to discuss the issues.

Two cents.

I agree.  This has got far too serious.  Time for us to all reach for our copies of Life of Brian and The Holy Grail and sit down for a few beers.  :-)

[Darrin]

The temptation of Franko is detailed in the Canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. It is also found in Aramaic Matthew. According to these texts, after being baptized, Franko fasted for forty days and nights in the desert.

LOL.

That was a misprint, due to a bad translation by the monks.  It was after a CURRY, Franko FARTED for 40 days and 40 nights so his girlfriend sent him into the SPARE ROOM.