Shit. What The Hell. Jesus Never Existed

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I don't see how that analogy is accurate.

Nobody is saying that never was any man named Jesus that inspired christianity. Just that the Jesus it was based on wasn't like the one described in the bible.

And the question of Jesus' historicity is irrelevant to the argument about the existence of a god.

I've asked multiple times why is this important, and the answer has always been that it isn't. This argument often seems to get disproportionately (to its importance) heated and I don't understand why.

Waffles anyone?  ._.

Well there was a Jesus of Nazareth and he was like the one described in the Bible - what evidence do you have of a different character? Bear in mind that the Gospel of John does present a different point of view on his character when compared to Mark and the Synoptic gospels - if his character was purely mythical then it would be more consistently mythical. Note too the differences within the Synoptic gospels also; but also the fact that there are some things that all four gospels agree on - for instance the Last Supper is recorded in every gospel and in Corinthians also.

The thread topic isn't about the existence or non-existence of Jehovah - it's about the historical existence of Jesus of Nazareth. Don't go claiming that this argument is irrelevant because it doesn't answer or address something else - that's disingenuous.