RE: Debating the existence of Jesus
June 24, 2013 at 4:59 pm
(This post was last modified: June 24, 2013 at 5:01 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(June 24, 2013 at 4:56 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: -Modern scholars agree Jesus existed, so he existedPhlogiston.
Quote:-Tacticus and Josephus are reliable historians, so we should accept their accounts of Jesus.We -can- accept their accounts without ever invoking any "historical" jesus. This is not to say that we should, simply that we can and we are still not left with a "historical jesus". Simply stories told by those who -believe- in a "jesus".
Quote:-The writers of the Gospel died in very gruesome, martyr-like ways, so why would they die for something that wasn't even true?Happens all the time, laying aside that this martyr shit is propaganda in the first place.
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