(February 27, 2015 at 3:03 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Calm, rational, solidly-based demolition of their stupid jesus shit.I'd like to see a study on people who already knew this.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/9-thi...bly-wrong/
Quote:Jesus has been described as the best known figure in history, and also the least known. If you mentioned the name “Jesus” and someone asked Jesus who, you might blink. Or laugh. Even people who don’t think Jesus was God mostly believe they know a fair bit about him. You might be surprised that some of your most basic assumptions about Jesus are probably wrong.
We have no record of anything that was written about Jesus by eyewitnesses or other contemporaries during the time he would have lived, or for decades thereafter. Nonetheless, based on archeological digs and artifacts, ancient texts and art, and even forensic science, we know a good deal about the time and culture in which the New Testament is set. This evidence points to some startling conclusions about who Jesus likely was—and wasn’t.
I would not be surprised to learn that the majority of people who already knew this information were Atheists.
I would not be surprised if the majority of Christians were completely unfamiliar with the details and references all together, let alone why the truth of those details were relevant to the validity of their beliefs.
The most interesting part would be to see how much of this was known by practicers of other faiths. I suspect their result would be similar if not identical to the Christian results. The implications support my hypothesis that people believe their religion is true without ever considering the competing alternatives, and even if there are good reasons not to believe an alternative religion, they'd never even know what they were.