RE: Naturalistic explanation for the resurrection of Jesus
February 21, 2011 at 8:47 pm
(This post was last modified: February 21, 2011 at 8:50 pm by reverendjeremiah.)
(February 21, 2011 at 7:25 pm)ziggystardust Wrote: By contrast the studies into the historical Muhammad have barely started and I doubt studies into the historical Buddha will ever be done. If say Jesus of Nazareth never existed, could it be also true that the Buddha or Muhammad never existed and were totally invented characters.
In a situation of mythology and religion being involved, I would find it was best to start with an assumption that it is all fictional, and then from there look at the evidence. Was anything ever written BY these people, or just about them? thats a good question. How about contemporary writings, and not just passing ones. Something from a trustworthy source who also doesnt invent thigs in order to get more people to read his/her stuff. Government records would be a great evidence, and lack of govt record, although not being proof of lack of evidence, would not look good regardless. Historical innacuracies of places and events in the story itself also help, and I do believe many things in the 4 gospels were historically and temporally wrong or skewed. So, plane and simple, Jesus was made up.
I mean assume it is fictional if they have the characters doing fantastical things such as walking on water and raising the dead. Would you not agree that we should approach Spiderman from an assumption that he was fictional until good evidence was presented to prove otherwise? The writtings themselves, being fantastical, are a good sign that they are fictional..so you start from that point.
