RE: Christians - What would you do if it were discovered Jesus never existed?
September 6, 2015 at 2:10 am
(This post was last modified: September 6, 2015 at 2:11 am by GrandizerII.)
(September 5, 2015 at 10:38 am)Alex K Wrote: I've read in mythicist writings that possibly in the very early church, Jesus was not supposed to be an actual human being who walked the earth, but was rather thought to exist in a spiritual realm. Does anyone recall details of how that worked? Anyways, maybe the Christians could simply go back to such an "abstract" notion of Jesus.
Not a plausible theory. The Pauline Epistles several times imply Jesus walking the earth at one point in time.
Keep in mind most mythicist views are based on not applying good critical thinking skills and favoring ad hoc over parsimonious interpretations.