Jesus Christ

[Judas BentHer]

Simple question. What do you guys think about Jesus? Who was he? Did he exist? ...

I spoke with the scholar and author Professor Bart Ehrman about that very thing and asked him the same question. Did Yeshua (Jesus) exist?

He said that he does believe Yeshua to have existed as does every competent historian and biblical scholar that he personally knows. He disusses what historians can and do say about Jesus in his book Jesus: Apocalyptic Prophet of the New Millennium

Personally, I also believe a radical Rabbi named Yeshua ben Joseph did exist. And he was put to death for daring to say what amounted to there was no need for the Jewish temples to. That if one is born of god god is then innate and not something to be sought after. That one's self then is the temple of the most high. And their life and personal moral character are testament to the laws of god made manifest in right(eous) conduct.
That was nothing the Pharisee nor any other who deemed themselves worthy of being the leadership of the people of the Jewish temple, would want taught amid the masses of them who were sorely hoping to be free from their bondage in this life. If they were led to believe and did accept they were children of god and as such could create as they saw fit their own exodus from their present condition of slavery,poverty or any other oppressive condition, what would they need to pray for? What would they need to pay for so as to make blood sacrifice unto the god they were told required it of them in order to listen to their prayers?

It's like new thought in the 21st century. Daring to think outside the box, that's monitored by those who benefit from it's existence, isn't always approved, respected or let alone without censor or attack.

I do believe Rabbi Yeshua ben Joseph did exist. While the Bible Jesus is a work of fiction, thanks to Paul who wrote 2/3rds of the New Testament in order to prop up his icon and himself live forever in the process.