Here we go ...

[Justin Case]

According to studies done, he did exist. The info in the NT, whether people want to get into this or not, boils down to the fact he was supposed to return back in their day somewhere ... but it never happened. People have been reading a 1900+ year text of people talking to people 1900+ years ago, as if it's talking to them today. I don't particularly care if we skip it ... it's up to people here. Someone brought up talking about the paranormal and we can do that too. Or, just dump the whole thing ... it doesn't matter to me.

(Bold mine)

That would be you.

And the historicity of Jesus of Nazareth is very much an open question.

Boru

No, there was a post that brought it up.


My only interest in the subject had to do with untangling the mental mess that's been in people's faces since it all started. When I reached final conclusions I tripped over the work of Dr Bart Ehrman - his approach was to rip the entire subject apart - but as far as what I was looking for, Dr Ehrman came to the same conclusions I did.

"Jesus thought that the history of the world would come to a screeching
halt, that God would intervene in the affairs of this planet, overthrow the
forces of evil in a cosmic act of judgment and establish his utopian
Kingdom on Earth," explains Ehrman. "And this was to happen within
Jesus' own generation."
Jesus apocalyptic prophet. Dr. Bart Ehrman