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Was Jesus a great moral teacher?

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Was Jesus a great moral teacher?
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RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher?
March 24, 2014 at 10:23 am
(March 24, 2014 at 10:16 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: The 'great' moral lessons that Jesus taught were taught many times before him. Altruism, empathy, charity. These weren't original to Jesus' teachings.

Yeah, that's what I mean by very basic things. Maybe not so much loving your enemies, but loving your neighbor, helping the poor, and basically being a good person are things that all social creatures need to survive together. We don't always care for everyone equally, but it's not some mind blowing idea that Jesus just came up with thousands of years after we came into existence.
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10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by xpastor - March 24, 2014 at 10:01 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - March 24, 2014 at 10:04 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Whateverist - March 24, 2014 at 10:07 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by SteelCurtain - March 24, 2014 at 10:16 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - March 24, 2014 at 10:23 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by truthBtold - March 24, 2014 at 10:19 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Escherscurtain - March 24, 2014 at 10:30 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - March 24, 2014 at 10:40 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Alex K - April 7, 2014 at 3:58 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by xpastor - April 7, 2014 at 5:31 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Alex K - April 7, 2014 at 6:00 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Silver - March 24, 2014 at 10:44 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Faith No More - March 24, 2014 at 10:50 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Angrboda - March 24, 2014 at 1:55 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Minimalist - March 24, 2014 at 2:43 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by max-greece - March 24, 2014 at 5:59 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by xpastor - April 7, 2014 at 9:17 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Manowar - April 7, 2014 at 9:30 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by fr0d0 - April 7, 2014 at 9:42 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Tonus - April 7, 2014 at 4:40 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by fr0d0 - April 7, 2014 at 5:55 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - April 7, 2014 at 11:47 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by fr0d0 - April 7, 2014 at 11:56 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by truthBtold - April 7, 2014 at 4:52 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by archangle - April 7, 2014 at 8:22 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by cromwell - April 7, 2014 at 9:03 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Brian37 - April 9, 2014 at 8:33 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - April 7, 2014 at 9:16 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by cromwell - April 7, 2014 at 9:23 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by truthBtold - April 7, 2014 at 10:07 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by cromwell - April 7, 2014 at 10:08 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Sinbad - April 9, 2014 at 6:49 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Jacob(smooth) - April 9, 2014 at 7:26 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - April 9, 2014 at 10:32 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Jacob(smooth) - April 9, 2014 at 3:28 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by cromwell - April 9, 2014 at 12:49 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - April 9, 2014 at 3:40 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Jacob(smooth) - April 9, 2014 at 4:45 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by sven - April 9, 2014 at 4:00 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by truthBtold - April 9, 2014 at 4:06 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Brian37 - April 9, 2014 at 4:22 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by truthBtold - April 9, 2014 at 4:42 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by archangle - April 9, 2014 at 5:06 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Brian37 - April 13, 2014 at 2:11 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by archangle - April 14, 2014 at 7:54 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by NoraBrimstone - April 9, 2014 at 6:16 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by truthBtold - April 9, 2014 at 6:42 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Wyrd of Gawd - April 10, 2014 at 3:10 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Coffee Jesus - April 13, 2014 at 8:56 pm
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by Chad32 - April 14, 2014 at 9:21 am
RE: Was Jesus a great moral teacher? - by archangle - April 14, 2014 at 1:55 pm

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