(January 13, 2019 at 8:47 am)Acrobat Wrote:No, just no. Flatties and HDs are plain wrong. there is bugger all evidence for a historical jesus.(January 2, 2019 at 4:28 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: A lot of atheists, myself included, believe that Jesus might've never existed, not even as a regular human. I'm pretty sure that it happens in most if not all cases of coming out to unsopportive friends and family, that the outedt person is asked whenever they believe that Jesus existed as a person and was a good man. What should they respond? Should they tell the truth or change the subject?
I think people look at those who deny Jesus historically existed, like they would flat earthers, or holocaust denialist.
(January 13, 2019 at 8:47 am)Acrobat Wrote: We have first hand accounts of someone who met his disciples and brother,Sure. Purple monkey dishwasher
(January 13, 2019 at 8:47 am)Acrobat Wrote: we have Josephus writing of his brothers death,From the church of the latter day fakers.
(January 13, 2019 at 8:47 am)Acrobat Wrote: we a number of sayings, parables, stories incorporating a unique style of irony, reversals of expectstions, etc.. in mutiple texts, attributed to none other than Jesus.Attributed by the bible to itself. Hello circular reasoning.
(January 13, 2019 at 8:47 am)Acrobat Wrote: In fact Jesus was acknowledged as historical person even from staunch Roman opponent said of Christianity.FFS have you any clue how often this shit has been gone over in excruciating detail?
(January 13, 2019 at 8:47 am)Acrobat Wrote: If you try and explain all the events that transpired and gave rise to the Christian movement, without a historical Jesus, it’s not long before it drifts into the mother of all conspiracy theories, that you start sounding like someone suggesting sandyhook was stagedSure, along with the rest of your fundie christian brethren who claim sandyhook was staged.
Oh, silly me, you have the correct version of christianity all neatly wrapped up, right? Of course you do.
