Funny how the One True Faith seems so derivative. At least the cult of Brian had the Holy Gourd.

(February 23, 2014 at 10:21 am)discipulus Wrote: What I have said very plainly is that there is One Jesus of Nazareth who was called The Christ, the Son of the Living God by those who believed on Him. This man was the founder of Christianity. This is a historical fact that all but a few scholars agree upon and you can check any encyclopedia to verify this.

Isn't that special. You believe your own bullshit. How about some evidence?

(February 22, 2014 at 8:41 pm)discipulus Wrote:

(February 22, 2014 at 8:29 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Not true at all, many religions claim that they had sons of deities that were messiahs. A good example is krishna, he is also the son of a god and has better miracles around him then jesus ever did.

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I know plenty of them. Dionysus is another close one

Christianity is the only religion that has Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ as its founder.

I think this is pretty self evident.

He was not from nazareth.

(February 23, 2014 at 10:21 am)discipulus Wrote:

(February 22, 2014 at 8:42 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: As but you see that is where you go wrong, do you even know what jesus christ means? I don't mean your interpretted bullshit I mean the actually meaning of the words. Jesus means "Helper of jehovah" and christ is a title meaning messiah. Now taking those title we find a nice number of religions that have that feature. The dionysus cult is a prime example here

The name Jesus, as found in several modern languages, is derived from the Latin Iesus, a transliteration of the Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iesous).[27] The Greek form is a rendition of the Aramaic ישוע‎ (Yeshua), which is derived from the Hebrew יהושע‎ (Yehoshua).[28][29] The name Yeshua appears to have been in use in Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus.....The etymology of Jesus' name in the context of the New Testament is generally given as "Yahweh is salvation".[33]

The above is courtesy of Wikipedia.

Throughout history many men have been named Jesus. I have a Hispanic friend whose name is "Jesus" even as we speak, a very dear friend of mine in fact.

And no doubt, many have referred to themselves as "Messiah" and many have believed that these "Messiahs" were of God no doubt. This is not something I wish to argue about because I agree, many men have been named Jesus and many have been called messiahs.

What I have said very plainly is that there is One Jesus of Nazareth who was called The Christ, the Son of the Living God by those who believed on Him. This man was the founder of Christianity. This is a historical fact that all but a few scholars agree upon and you can check any encyclopedia to verify this.

Well first off, christ is a title meaning the messiah. There have more messiahs then I care to count. interestly there is now reason to think that the title may be a mis copy of the word crestus, meaning he who is freshly washed.

(February 22, 2014 at 8:41 pm)discipulus Wrote:

(February 22, 2014 at 8:29 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Not true at all, many religions claim that they had sons of deities that were messiahs. A good example is krishna, he is also the son of a god and has better miracles around him then jesus ever did.

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I know plenty of them. Dionysus is another close one

Christianity is the only religion that has Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ as its founder.

I think this is pretty self evident.

Giving functionally the same doggerel a different name to better impress a different group of gullible fools does not make repackaged doggerel unique.

(February 23, 2014 at 11:20 am)truthBtold Wrote:

(February 22, 2014 at 8:41 pm)discipulus Wrote: Christianity is the only religion that has Jesus of Nazareth, The Christ as its founder.

I think this is pretty self evident.

He was not from nazareth.

It does not appear that there was a Nazareth at the time claimed.

I know one, that Christianity cannot exist without persecution. The whole religion is based of meekness and a giant persecution complex. Pathetic, really.

(February 23, 2014 at 11:01 am)Esquilax Wrote:

(February 23, 2014 at 10:21 am)discipulus Wrote: What I have said very plainly is that there is One Jesus of Nazareth who was called The Christ, the Son of the Living God by those who believed on Him. This man was the founder of Christianity. This is a historical fact that all but a few scholars agree upon and you can check any encyclopedia to verify this.

And would you say, then, that the core, important feature of Jesus being in that position was his name, or was it something else? Like, say, his messianic properties, which are not unique to christianity.

Because that's the question being asked, you know. And if your unique feature of christianity is "it has a dude named Jesus in it," then whoopee for you, that you had to go that specific and unimportant to find it.

I would say the unique feature of Christianity is its claim that Jesus of Nazareth rose bodily from the dead on the Sunday morning following His crucifixion under Pontius Pilate and was seen alive by several hundred people before He later ascended into heaven.

Another core feature is the doctrine of the "total depravity" of man. I do not think that exists in any other religion. Maybe I am wrong. If I am, please correct me.

(February 23, 2014 at 8:37 pm)discipulus Wrote:

(February 23, 2014 at 11:01 am)Esquilax Wrote: And would you say, then, that the core, important feature of Jesus being in that position was his name, or was it something else? Like, say, his messianic properties, which are not unique to christianity.

Because that's the question being asked, you know. And if your unique feature of christianity is "it has a dude named Jesus in it," then whoopee for you, that you had to go that specific and unimportant to find it.

I would say the unique feature of Christianity is its claim that Jesus of Nazareth rose bodily from the dead on the Sunday morning following His crucifixion under Pontius Pilate and was seen alive by several hundred people before He later ascended into heaven.

Don't forget his visit to acient America.

Mormonism is where it's at.

So the names and small details may be different. Whoop de doo.

I don't know if other religions claim that humans are all evil and worthless without someone else giving them worth. That worth, of course, being worshipful sheep to Yahweh. That's actually a negative for Judaism/christianity, though.