RE: Did Jesus Christ exist as a historical human or was he a theological construct?
May 18, 2010 at 6:53 am
-The biblical accounts of the 4 gospels (Mathew, Mark, Luke and John) conflict on pretty much all points of Jesus' life, death and resurrection.
-None of the gospels were written during Jesus' supposed lifetime of the lifetimes of anyone that could have met him.
-The census mentioned in the bible as the reason for Jesus being born in Bethlehem never occurred. No contemporary historical or eyewitness account of Jesus exists anywhere.
-The blacking out of the sun claimed by the bible during the crucifixion never happened.
-Of the 4 pieces of historical evidence christians point to as evidence of Jesus, none are from Jesus' supposed lifetime or the lifetimes of anyone that could have met Jesus
-The 2 most important (Josephus and Tacitus) have been shown to be fakes and were never mentioned by early christian scholars
-1 is a letter from a prisoner who only states his belief in Jesus, which is no more evidence than if I were to write a letter stating I believe in unicorns
-The other was written centuries later and makes impossible claims about events known to have never occurred (like the sun blacking out).
-The shroud of Turin has been shown to be fake.
The idea that a supposedly powerful and influential figure living and being publicly executed, and according to one gospel raising an army of zombies, yet not one single historical record exists anywhere? This goes beyond reasonable doubt into the realm of pure fantasy and gullibility. The default position for any claim of existence is non-existence unless otherwise proven, given the total lack of any evidence the only reasonable position is non-existence. Is it remotely possible that there is a 1 in a billion chance he existed in some form and somehow dropped through the cracks of history? Maybe, but then it's possible a pink elephant lives in the centre of the sun and shits jellybeans, doesn't mean it's sane to believe it's there. Christianity is a cult of made up stories, same as any other cult, the authors of the gospels, whoever they were, created a mythical figurehead/hero for their cult just like the ancient Greeks created Hercules (also the son of a god).
-None of the gospels were written during Jesus' supposed lifetime of the lifetimes of anyone that could have met him.
-The census mentioned in the bible as the reason for Jesus being born in Bethlehem never occurred. No contemporary historical or eyewitness account of Jesus exists anywhere.
-The blacking out of the sun claimed by the bible during the crucifixion never happened.
-Of the 4 pieces of historical evidence christians point to as evidence of Jesus, none are from Jesus' supposed lifetime or the lifetimes of anyone that could have met Jesus
-The 2 most important (Josephus and Tacitus) have been shown to be fakes and were never mentioned by early christian scholars
-1 is a letter from a prisoner who only states his belief in Jesus, which is no more evidence than if I were to write a letter stating I believe in unicorns
-The other was written centuries later and makes impossible claims about events known to have never occurred (like the sun blacking out).
-The shroud of Turin has been shown to be fake.
The idea that a supposedly powerful and influential figure living and being publicly executed, and according to one gospel raising an army of zombies, yet not one single historical record exists anywhere? This goes beyond reasonable doubt into the realm of pure fantasy and gullibility. The default position for any claim of existence is non-existence unless otherwise proven, given the total lack of any evidence the only reasonable position is non-existence. Is it remotely possible that there is a 1 in a billion chance he existed in some form and somehow dropped through the cracks of history? Maybe, but then it's possible a pink elephant lives in the centre of the sun and shits jellybeans, doesn't mean it's sane to believe it's there. Christianity is a cult of made up stories, same as any other cult, the authors of the gospels, whoever they were, created a mythical figurehead/hero for their cult just like the ancient Greeks created Hercules (also the son of a god).
"Faith is hope gone insane."
