Now chatpilot, I must ask you before we go any further, are you saying that not only Christ is complete fiction, but his followers are as well? Also, how do you think the 'legend' of Christ arose?
You seem to be mixing two arguments together. In this thread I am arguing for the existence of Christ on a purely secular context. His divinity or otherwise are not factors in this discussion, but his existence is. As such I do not accept arguments against his god-like powers as evidence for his non-existence. In using another example, some people thought that Vlad the Impaler was a vampire (in the original Eastern European sense of the word). He probably was not, but that does not mean I dismiss good old Vlad as a fancy created by nationalistic Slavs looking for a hero.
You seem to be mixing two arguments together. In this thread I am arguing for the existence of Christ on a purely secular context. His divinity or otherwise are not factors in this discussion, but his existence is. As such I do not accept arguments against his god-like powers as evidence for his non-existence. In using another example, some people thought that Vlad the Impaler was a vampire (in the original Eastern European sense of the word). He probably was not, but that does not mean I dismiss good old Vlad as a fancy created by nationalistic Slavs looking for a hero.
