(April 22, 2019 at 4:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(April 22, 2019 at 8:38 am)Jehanne Wrote: 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
They were a dime a dozen; Jesus was not the only freak-show on the scene at that time.
