RE: Did Jesus exist?
February 7, 2016 at 7:51 am
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2016 at 8:20 am by Homeless Nutter.)
(February 7, 2016 at 7:10 am)Irrational Wrote: Many books in the New Testament would be considered evidence for historical Jesus, by the way.[...]
Incredibly poor evidence. Those books have been massaged by maaaany people and organizations with vested interest in establishing the existence of Jeezles. In few centuries Batman comics may be considered "evidence" for the existence of Bruce Wayne, but most people with a brain will - hopefully - demand independent sources.
(February 7, 2016 at 7:10 am)Irrational Wrote: [...]Also remember, the Bible is not one book written by the same author (or same group of authors with identical views). [...]
No, of course not. The bible is a compilation of texts, chosen from a wide variety of sources available at the time - many of them obvious mystical fiction, or convenient forgeries of letters - by a committee dedicated to creating a compelling and consistent narrative. What of it?
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw
