(February 21, 2011 at 6:42 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: I realize you dont want to debate it, but I cant help to throw this out. For someone like Jesus to be SOOO opinionated, and the stories of him being trained by and even suprising the scholars, there has to be SOMETHING that Jesus himself wrote. The argument is usually for writings ABOUT Jesus during his time, but that is not the point. for someone who wanted the truth to be spread so badly, why did he not write anything? Only that OTHER people wrote ABOUT him and many of those books were burnt. To me this SCREAMS that he was invented, and not a historical figure.
Havent seen anything written by Hercules either.
Haven't seen anything written by Pythagoras either, but I'm pretty sure he existed.
I read a theory a while back about Jesus not dying on the cross, not real compelling, but he he made some interesting arguments. Supposedly the breaking of the legs was to hurry the death along, Jesus legs were not broken. Piercing the side was supposed to confirm death, Corpses don't bleed. Jesus bled.
Personally, I think he died and his followers snatched his corpse, and circulated the rumors of his resurrection. It seems the most plausible scenario given the conflicting accounts of the women at the tomb.
