JESUS CHRIST: Myth or Historical Person?

[Alter2Ego]

I might add that not only was Christianity not a well-known religion at the time, it was confined to a fairly small location--besides being unpopular.

Oh, I love this kind of crap. If Jesus was truly divine, why would he confine himself to only one small area? Why wouldn't he travel throughout Europe, Scandanavia, Asia, the Pacific Islands, Australia, the Americas, etc, etc...? Why wouldn't he want his message to be heard everywhere? Why wouldn't he want everyone to know who he is?

ALTER2EGO -to- THOR:
There are three reasonable explanations for that, as follows:

1. A person does not show up with a new religious teaching that nobody ever heard of before and attempts to spread it all around the world before he's even had the chance to establish it among his very own people. If you can find an instance in history when that has ever been done, let me know.


2. There were no airplanes back then. It took weeks and sometimes months by sea to reach another part of the world. Jesus knew he would be killed within three years in order to redeem mankind from Adamic death. His time on this planet was limited, and he knew it. But here you are wanting him to spend months at a time at sea traveling around the world where he didn't even speak the language to—as you put it—"throughout Europe, Scandanavia, Asia, the Pacific Islands, Australia, the Americas, etc, etc..." Do you realize how ridiculous you sound?


3. The most important reason why Jesus presented his spiritual truths only to the Jews initially was because the Jews were in a covenant relationship with Jehovah, and God instructed him to concentrate on presenting his message to the Jews. Thereafter, the message would be expanded to other parts of the world by his disciples during the normal course of events. In other words, things were to be done in an orderly fashion. According to you, Jesus was supposed to hop on the next boat to Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, etc. for months at time and disobey his heavenly Father. In fact, during his brief time on earth, Jesus himself said the following.

" I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative; just as I hear, I judge; and the judgment that I render is righteous, because I seek, NOT MY OWN WILL, but the will of him that sent me." (John 5:30)

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