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In reply to the discussion: Whether Jesus existed historically [View all]notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)40. Indeed.
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Actually, everything written about Jesus comes from the Apostles written after his death,
still_one
Mar 2015
#26
I am not even Christian, but wasn't the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, etc. authored by those folks?
still_one
Mar 2015
#178
Then that makes them even more subject to error, an is more than just second hand information
still_one
Mar 2015
#183
Various appellations occur: "son of man," "son of David," "son of God." But in the gospels
struggle4progress
Apr 2015
#225
If "Christian" means follower of Christ, I doubt that he'd call himself that.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#100
Early Jewish christians were not part of the actual Jewish revolt against rome
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2015
#25
Most of the christians here claim that they do not take the bible literally.
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2015
#106
The linkage of capitalist and protestant ideologies is well established.
Warren Stupidity
Mar 2015
#97
(aside) My early schooling was in TX. We had Texas history before we had US history classes.
pinto
Mar 2015
#50
The Alamo (1836) was before the Civil War. It was part of what's seen in TX as the Texas Revolution.
pinto
Mar 2015
#84
Can you give us a synopsis of the differences between the two accounts?
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#64
How rarely our accounts of war illustrate the devastation left behind, ever.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#75
My mother had to have her mother-in-law rent a house for the family. My father was stationed in OR
pinto
Mar 2015
#112
I wasn't criticizing what was going on here, just putting in my 2 cents about the uselessness
cbayer
Mar 2015
#33
"Feel free to carry on with your misrepresentation of others' arguments.That seems to be your style"
cbayer
Mar 2015
#104
yes, I believe that religious zealots existed (as they do currently) who were/are not God.
notadmblnd
Mar 2015
#28
Two questions that, for me, resolve the question in favor of Jesus's existence.
Htom Sirveaux
Mar 2015
#59
It's interesting to me that you find elements of the story convincing because they are in the story.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#87
You could if you wanted, but it wouldn't be convincing unless you had more
Htom Sirveaux
Mar 2015
#116
I concede that my summary declarations carry no more or no less weight than yours.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#120
The principle is this: awkward bits of text are more probative that non-awkward bits
struggle4progress
Mar 2015
#144
It's problematic for me to accept the Bible as evidence that the Bible is true.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#147
If you actually read what I wrote, you will see that I merely applied rather standard methods
struggle4progress
Mar 2015
#149
And that's the first I've heard of that construction of Paul's ejection from the temple.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#152
See, all that background only helps to convince me that Paul was the original Christian conman.
LiberalAndProud
Mar 2015
#186
Wandering teacher-healers were part of the cultures in that region for centuries.
Aunt Bold Ire8
Mar 2015
#155
Reza Aslan's book ''Zealot'' was helpful in seeing Jesus from a different perspective.
YOHABLO
Mar 2015
#156
From a textual level, Jesus seems to be a legendary figure, rather than a strict historical one...
Humanist_Activist
Mar 2015
#179
It's rare to see a cult spring from nowhere, out of pure imagination.
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2015
#238
Technology reduces the scope of religious fraud, but doesn't cancel out gullibility
Yorktown
Mar 2015
#215
There is no evidence the biblical character of Jesus of Nazareth ever existed.
AtheistCrusader
Apr 2015
#220
actually the Josephus references are considered more reliable by far than tacitus
Warren Stupidity
Apr 2015
#243