Original sentence: "It is impossible for me to believe a liar or charlatan could have had the effect on mankind that he has had for 2000 years.He argued that communism's enforced atheism was one of its worst features.Reagan had a strong Christian faith from his childhood, and frequently addressed Christian groups
Edited sentence: " And he makes reference to being with God, "before the world was," and sitting on the "right hand of God."Perhaps it is true that Jesus never used the word "Messiah" with regard to himself (although I'm not sure that he didn't) but in John 1, 10 and 14 he identifies himself pretty definitely and more than once."These and other statements he made about himself, foreclose in my opinion, any question as to his divinity."… In John 10 he says, "I am in the Father and the Father in me.Is there really any ambiguity in his words: "I am the way, the truth and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me.It doesn't seem to me that he gave us any choice; either he was what he said he was or he was the world's greatest liar.It is impossible for me to believe a liar or charlatan could have had the effect on mankind that he has had for 2000 years.One of the most loathsome things for him about Soviet communism was its atheism and denial of its people's chances to know Christ.Reagan had a strong Christian faith from his childhood, and grequently addressed Christian groups