(October 16, 2013 at 9:22 pm)Minimalist Wrote: http://www.livescience.com/3482-jesus-man.html
Quote:The following "facts" about Jesus would be affirmed by most history scholars, Borg said:
Jesus was born sometime just before 4 B.C. He grew up in Nazareth, a small village in Galilee, as part of the peasant class. Jesus' father was a carpenter and he became one, too, meaning that they had likely lost their agricultural land at some point.
Jesus was raised Jewish and he remained deeply Jewish all of his life. His intention was not to create a new religion. Rather, he saw himself as doing something within Judaism.
He left Nazareth as an adult, met the prophet John and was baptized by John. During his baptism, Jesus likely experienced some sort of divine vision.
Shortly afterwards, Jesus began his public preaching with the message that the world could be transformed into a "Kingdom of God."
He became a noted healer, teacher and prophet. More healing stories are told about Jesus than about any other figure in the Jewish tradition.
He was executed by Roman imperial authority.
His followers experienced him after his death. It is clear that they had visions of Jesus as they had known him during his historical life. Only after his death did they declare Jesus to be "Lord" or "the Son of God."
Note that even this watered down version of the godboy story has not a single recognizable FACT to support it.
Let's hear the xtians howl.
I have said countless times his existence, even if prove true with DNA tomorrow, would not make POOFBABIES and Zombie God stories true.
All it would mean is mere MORTAL existed and believed in a superstition and sold a superstition and successfully marketed a superstition.
We know George Washington was a real person, but no sane person would claim he could fart a Lamborghini out of his ass.
We can see the city of New York as a backdrop in Superman movies but that does not mean Superman is real.
