Any Evidence For A Historical Jesus?

[houseofcantor]

http://www.sullivan-county.com/news/paul/paul.htm

The person who dreamed up Jesus was Paul of Tarsus. There are no earlier records of his existence. You want it to be true. I understand. It's just not. Sorry.

Good link. Thanks.

My experience is kinda unique - going to Corinth and kicking it with Paul, who is a mouthy little jerk but a true visionary.

Friday night, June 3 of 2010 that was - hard to forget that kind of road trip - and in the fall I did time as a regular churchgoer to reserch the implications. I was actually concerned for 'em, silly me.

But no. Christianity is an entrenched mindset; I would not expect tribulation rock the church should it become verifiable. Yeah, I said that. Sure, John Cantor is insane; that does not exclude the fact that John Cantor is an amateur scientist and "goddidit" is simply not an explanation. I am quite comfortable with the terminology of "kicking it with Paul in Corinth" for several reasons. Firstly, be skeptical. Secondly, it does not offend my morality saying/writing/thinking such; it has been and continues to be a stepping stone to the frontiers of philosophy and science.

Since this is an atheist forum, I'll give ya the perspective from the scientific fringe. Immortality. As if the meme of Horus is now doing time in Phoenix Arizona considering the potential link between superposition, simultaneity, and identity. For myself I'm all "Blue Suns;" seems I can't even make myself fear death for one simple reason - loss. The universe doesn't "lose" things, and I am part of the universe; and the part that does not matter to me is the "I." I'm pretty confident that Identity is limited to the mortal - with good reason as it limits and confines - and when I finally shut my hole, it will be loss of complexity to cause the last moment of apprehension - I am equally confident that my joy of exploration and knowing stuff will skip me over the threshold like a stone.

But I don't have a limiting gospel to preach. I'm an atheist because rational skepticism and science are the stuff of civilization and metaphysics the stuff of the identity. This identity is totally enraptured with another - that dang Gwynnies - which makes love the only message needing to be shared. How you get there is up to you. As for not getting there, that's all you as well. I just cannot help but think haters come back as plant life.