RE: JESUS CHRIST: Myth or Historical Person?
May 27, 2012 at 9:18 pm
(This post was last modified: May 27, 2012 at 9:25 pm by FallentoReason.)
(May 27, 2012 at 3:39 pm)Epimethean Wrote: Nothing like making the defense fit the case.I'm possibly referring to the man who spawned the thinkers that gave us the Gospels. Therefore I'm possibly just saying it like it is.
Quote:Bullshit on the metaphor.Give evidence for you claim. My evidence in favour is the fact that philosophy had been influential for 600 years prior to the Gospels. The contemporary philosophy giants like Philo are classified as Hellinistic Jews which I believe gave rise to this new thing now called Christianity.
Quote: It was not written for an educated audience.Evidence please. Show me how you know the author's intention. Oh wait, wouldn't you first need to know who wrote them?
I don't see the problem with philosophers writing purely to express their understanding. That's simply how philosophy works so I don't see how the illiterate of the time would even come into this.
Brian37 Wrote:I don't care what the fuck you want to call it "Philosophy" "Dogma" "Metaphor" , once you open your mouth and make a claim, it is mere mental masturbation until universal testing and falsification can act on it.Then act on it. Act on my theory supported by evidence. I believe Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus is responsible for Luke-Acts.
Why can't this be?
Quote:"It feels right" doesn't cut it.Show me where I made such a claim.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle