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Brian Flemming continues his campaign to explain to the world why he\u2019s positive that Jesus never existed. And The Catholic Report<\/a> is there to document his progress.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s funny, the timing of this project. It seems like we\u2019re seeing every possible attack on Christ\u2019s credibility (or existence) at once, as if audiences will be happy to accept any alternatives to the truth, even if those alternatives contradict each other entirely.<\/p>\n

(via Mark Shea<\/a>, of course)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"