RE: Any Evidence For A Historical Jesus?
August 25, 2012 at 1:29 am
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2012 at 1:32 am by Cyberman.)
I never claimed that I don't have beliefs. Accuse me again of something I never claimed and you are clearly behaving dishonestly. I asked whether you were genuinely requesting information about our opinions. It was a polite question, honestly asked. I have asked it more than once but at no time have I demanded an answer, as you have just done.
Neither have I ever claimed that Jesus never performed miracles, except inasmuch as the position of myself and others is that the character is and was never real and the story is a combination of history and mythology; in that respect, it is no different to Spiderman or Harry Potter. Thus the burden of proof regarding miracles is not mine.
I am also curious as to why you evaded the second part of my question; namely, the wording of "why do you not believe Jesus of Nazareth was a real person?" instead of your actual phrasing "why do you believe Jesus of Nazareth was not a real person?" The only reason I can see for such careful phraseology is, again, to shift the burden of proof.
As to the question itself, I and others have given you the reasons you requested. If your question was indeed a genuine and honest request for information, you have received your answer. That, as far as I am concerned, should be the end of that matter.
Neither have I ever claimed that Jesus never performed miracles, except inasmuch as the position of myself and others is that the character is and was never real and the story is a combination of history and mythology; in that respect, it is no different to Spiderman or Harry Potter. Thus the burden of proof regarding miracles is not mine.
I am also curious as to why you evaded the second part of my question; namely, the wording of "why do you not believe Jesus of Nazareth was a real person?" instead of your actual phrasing "why do you believe Jesus of Nazareth was not a real person?" The only reason I can see for such careful phraseology is, again, to shift the burden of proof.
As to the question itself, I and others have given you the reasons you requested. If your question was indeed a genuine and honest request for information, you have received your answer. That, as far as I am concerned, should be the end of that matter.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
