RE: I still don't understand why anyone would make up a person like the Biblical Christ..
August 9, 2011 at 11:01 am
(This post was last modified: August 9, 2011 at 11:05 am by FoxBlade.)
Strange bug in the forum... I see that Emanuel replied but I can't read anything until I quote him... Anyway....
No actually, I learned about this a few years ago when I was still in college in my Humanity and the Arts classes.
Still, I will check those links later, when I have more free time (right now however, I'll be going to work soon).
The bible is the source of the story of Jesus, but it is not evidence that Jesus actually existed. It isn't according to my satisfaction that it doesn't count - you can't sight a book as proof something exists when the book has no evidence to back up the claims it makes.
For example, Lord of the Rings - isn't proof that Gandalf exists.
(August 9, 2011 at 5:14 am)Emanuel Wrote: I've did a little search, and got a little list of links regarding the Zeitgeist claims (I suppose this is where you got those claims from, right?). They refute it pretty well.
http://www.preventingtruthdecay.org/zeit...tone.shtml
http://www.tektonics.org/copycathub.html
http://www.messianicart.com/chazak/yeshu...opycat.htm
http://thedevineevidence.com/jesus_similarities.html
http://www.kingdavid8.com/Copycat/Home.html
No actually, I learned about this a few years ago when I was still in college in my Humanity and the Arts classes.
Still, I will check those links later, when I have more free time (right now however, I'll be going to work soon).
Emanuel Wrote:There is a difference between "no evidence" and "no evidence according to my own satisfaction". So the question is rather concerning the quality of the evidence and not whether there is evidence or not.
The bible is the source of the story of Jesus, but it is not evidence that Jesus actually existed. It isn't according to my satisfaction that it doesn't count - you can't sight a book as proof something exists when the book has no evidence to back up the claims it makes.
For example, Lord of the Rings - isn't proof that Gandalf exists.
