RE: 'Jesus Never Existed'- The book
June 1, 2010 at 10:42 pm
(This post was last modified: June 1, 2010 at 10:44 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:"Belief" would be the right word, Rev. There is no evidence of it outside the Big Book of Holy Horseshit.
Agreed Min.
BUT,history is speculative discipline, not an exact science. The best any historian may ever say is 'X seems to be the case or is probably the case". [based on available evidence]* It is a brave and foolish historian who argues "X IS the case"
Was there a person called something like Yeshua/yoshua bar Yosef,who was a wondering Rabbi with a few followers who was crucified by the Romans? It's possible even likely. Such a person would be unremarkable within rabbinical tradition,then and now. Nor would have it been hard for him to become crucified. The Romans crucified THOUSANDS of Jews during their occupation of Judea.
There is little doubt in my mind that the Jesus of the New Testament is pure myth. I also think the historical existence of Jesus is irrelevant to Christianity.
*To quote the chestnut:
Quote: Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
