(August 18, 2015 at 2:32 am)Aractus Wrote:In fact, the Nativity stories in Matthew and Luke point to a historical Jesus of Nazareth. Each of the account goes out of its way to make Jesus as being born in Bethlehem to fulfill the Micah prophecy and yet end up being raised in Nazareth out of all the villages. Why not keep him in Bethlehem if Jesus was nothing but a myth?(August 18, 2015 at 12:56 am)Secular Elf Wrote: I checked out your video Scott and I think it is well done. So I will post it for you, this should be seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcPiUGGd25s
It is interesting how Early Christian literature did not start until the latter part of the 1st Century CE, well after the death of a supposed Jesus of Nazareth. I wrote an essay about Early Christian History for myself to organize what I had read about the subject. I did a cursory chart of all the extant Christian literature, tried to find it earlier but as of yet not put my hand on it. Might have to do another one. In any case I would like to post it in this thread.
The non-historicity of the nativity does not negate the historicity of Jesus's ministry for one thing.
Mythicists do not seriously consider questions like this one from what I keep seeing.
