(April 22, 2019 at 8:38 am)Jehanne Wrote:(April 22, 2019 at 7:44 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: Have you found Jesus?
Because we'd like to bury him again and make sure he stays dead this time.
That a historical Jesus existed and walked the Earth seems at least certain. At the same time he was viewed by the Jewish, Roman and Pagan (not a derogatory term, by the way) intelligentsia as being a religious loon not worthy of mention is just as certain. The knew a nut when they saw one and would be amazed at the Christian cults of our day!
That's been my position. The idea of a messianic preacher causing trouble in 1st century Palestine isn't all that far-fetched. But we're not going to learn anything about him by reading the Gospels.
Boru
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