RE: Evidence for Jesus Christ?
May 1, 2011 at 7:52 pm
(This post was last modified: May 1, 2011 at 8:18 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(May 1, 2011 at 3:30 pm)Minimalist Wrote: True story. Yesterday morning I was out doing a dog rescue. I got home, emailed my report in to my coordinator and went to watch the Yankee game. An hour later the coordinator sent the report out to everyone and noted my "tireless" efforts to get the dog moved to her new home. I said to my wife " Sharon's laying it on a little thick, today."
She replied, "if your so tireless how come you haven't taken down the curtain rod in the bathroom?"
A man is never appreciated in his own home!
I guess she might have punched you if you pointed out that is tu quoque?.
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The historicity of Jesus is a chestnut which keeps coming up. The simple answer is that the story of Jesus does not meet the standards of evidence demanded by modern historians.EG so far, there is NOT ONE contemporary account about Jesus or his life. Period.
The dubious arguments about the CORRELATION of the story of Jesus with other figures is straw man. They say nothing about the historicity of Jesus,nor his teachings. Christianity is not an original religion;the moral teaching are Jewish, which in turn come at least in a part from Zoroastrianism.Mosaic law has some fascinating similarities is with Hammurabi's code.
The mythology was added later,stolen from a bunch of sources,or simply invented by Saul and others. Mythologies can have common elements without there being any connection. EG gods, angels, demons, witches, heaven and hell. Even the dying and resurrected god is a not an uncommon theme,especially in fertility religions..
