RE: The Historical Jesus
May 16, 2024 at 11:28 am
(This post was last modified: May 16, 2024 at 11:38 am by The Grand Nudger.)
(May 16, 2024 at 11:19 am)h311inac311 Wrote: So; I'm curious about where you guys stand on the reality of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection.
Do you believe that Jesus was a real person? Or do you believe that he was just made up by the disciples? How much of the story do you think is true?
Christ is a composite character. The story isn't a news report from the judean front, it's an establishment myth. Some of the stories were wholly fabricated by disciples or people who fancied themselves disciples, sure. The entirety of acts. Pauls many revisions. Others appear to predate the jesus story...and are often pointed to as a potential source for the content of Some Guy's various speeches, along with the personal persuasions of the actual writers and editors. Others amount to alterations made centuries after the alleged fact by poor or motivated editing alone. The whole thing is, ultimately, a sort of bottom up organic process where it doesn't really make sense to lay the blame for christianity at the foot of any one person or even any one century. You could call it an establishment legend, I suppose, since so many people mistakenly believed the jots and the tittles were historical for so long.
Here's a q for you. Does it even matter? If there were no christ, would you not believe that a christian life was a/the good one?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
