RE: Where did the Jesus myth come from?
June 19, 2012 at 1:01 am
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2012 at 1:03 am by gomtuu77.)
(June 19, 2012 at 12:54 am)cratehorus Wrote:Let me see if I can put it differently. If one is wondering where the stories of Jesus came from, it is probably distinctly and obviously unhelpful to assume his nonexistence, a position not held by the vast majority of religous and secular scholarship for the last 2,000 years, including today. Rather, I would simply check out all primary source material that is available and attempt to answer the question; what best accounts for the existence of these stories or myths? The non-existence of such a person wouldn't be the first answer to the question that popped out at me. One might as well assume that the 60 million deaths between 1938 to 1945 had nothing to do with war and yet still attempt to answer the question..."what caused the 60 million deaths between 1938 and 1945?". Do you not see the problem?(June 19, 2012 at 12:45 am)gomtuu77 Wrote: The question is nonsensical. The vast majority of religious and secular scholarship for the last 2,000 years has not held the position that you assume in the question. That being the case, I would say that your ability to explain the Jesus Myth has probably failed befor it's begun. You've tied all useful limbs behind your back, shut your ears, plucked out your eyes, and become mute. If you want answers as to how the stories about Jesus came about, then I suggest you avoid assuming the nonexistence of the very events and corresponding material that might shed light on the origin of the stories.
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“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” - C.S. Lewis, Is Theology Poetry? -