(July 31, 2015 at 9:20 pm)Cato Wrote:(July 31, 2015 at 8:30 pm)Nestor Wrote: Same old amateurish mythicist apologetic as always.
Why the fuck is this so hard to understand. The 'Jesus' described by word and deed in the NT never fucking existed; his character is as much myth as Apollo. This is the Jesus Christians proclaim existed. The argument is that some first century rabble-rouser was put to death by crucifixion by a Roman prefect in a territory on the very edge of the empire in a time where a message between Rome and Jerusalem took at best weeks while accepting and adhering as much as possible to local custom; whoopdie fucking doo.
That strung-up Jesus asshole never raised Lazarus, walked on water, turned water into wine, fed a multitude with magic, nor presided over a herd of possessed cliff-diving pigs. Believing this dude Jesus did all this shit is the same as believing Abraham Lincoln really was a vampire slayer.
Could we compromise and agree He did exist to the limited extent he ordered his followers to drink poison and handle deadly serpents ??
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
