(November 27, 2011 at 10:00 pm)Joe Bloe Wrote: Born to a virgin, turned water into wine, cured blindness with spit, found seven demons living inside the body of Mary Magdalene, calmed the stormy sea, walked on water, raised Lazarus from the dead.
The stories just go on and on, bullshit tale after bullshit tale. There is no way that this character ever existed.
(November 27, 2011 at 11:00 pm)padraic Wrote: Argument from incredulity.
No, it's not an "argument from incredulity". If you read my post again, you will notice that I deliberately avoided mentioning the human being named Jesus. I referred to several impossible events and said that the "character" associated with those stories could not exist. While I did not use these precise words, I think it is pretty clear that I was saying that "the Jesus of the New Testament is pure myth". Other people on this thread have said the same thing:
(November 27, 2011 at 11:00 pm)padraic Wrote: However,there is no doubt in my mind that the Jesus of the New Testament is pure myth.Oh, that was you...