there was an argument on this board that Jesus never existed and some backed the claim that he was essentially the invention of Constantine (as perpetuated by the Dan Brown book "Da Vinci Code"). They stated that he was never born, that no one believed him to be the son of God, the New Testament was fake, etc etc.

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JMS gets another English lesson:

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there is no "mostly unique;" thats like saying "sometimes always," its an oxymoron - its either one or the other.

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By the mid-19th century unique had developed a wider meaning, “not typical, unusual,” and it is in this wider sense that it is compared. The comparison of so-called absolutes in senses that are not absolute is standard in all varieties of speech and writing.