(September 18, 2018 at 8:15 pm)mrj Wrote: There have been several theories proposed that Jesus was not a real person. For example, he is a divine being that lived his life in the space between heaven and earth. I think Richard Carrier proposed this.
So one question I have, is if Jesus was completely made up, why is his name "Jesus"?
I would think based on prophecy, a 'fake' Jesus would have been named Immanuel. Not Jesus.
If you are going to make it up, you would make it up so that minor discrepancies such as this would be avoided.
Don't you think, then, that the gospels were at least based on a real person?
I don't think that the presence of a single mistake from the source material is evidence that the claim is true. Given that people tend to think that mistakes indicate falsehood is a bit of a problem for this premise.
Granted, that doesn't mean you're wrong, but this premise can't lead you to that conclusion. It's more of a "not even wrong" scenario.
