At this VERY MOMENT there's an Australian dude going round the world telling people he's the son of God. He DEFINITELY exists. I saw him on This Morning with Phil & Holly.
Does the fact of his existence have ANY bearing on the validity of his claim?
I think the MAIN reason to steer clear of debating the historicity or otherwise of Jesus if at all possible is that it's irrelevant to the question of the existence of gods. At any given moment there's SOMEBODY going round announcing his own divinity - back in the early 90s Davids Icke and Koresh were at it simultaneously - all of which only goes to suggest that if Jesus DID live 2000 years ago, statistically at least he's far more likely to have been just another nutcase than anything else.
Does the fact of his existence have ANY bearing on the validity of his claim?
I think the MAIN reason to steer clear of debating the historicity or otherwise of Jesus if at all possible is that it's irrelevant to the question of the existence of gods. At any given moment there's SOMEBODY going round announcing his own divinity - back in the early 90s Davids Icke and Koresh were at it simultaneously - all of which only goes to suggest that if Jesus DID live 2000 years ago, statistically at least he's far more likely to have been just another nutcase than anything else.
