(December 20, 2014 at 11:53 am)abaris Wrote:(December 20, 2014 at 11:47 am)Brucer Wrote: The main reason I chose number two is because it more reflects that truth of the Jesus situation, in my opinion.
But what is the truth?
Maybe there was a person named Jesus who somehow impressed a few people. Maybe there wasn't. But even if there was that person, why should he have been in any way of a divine nature? Jesus's miracles have been done before by other regional deities. And by regional I mean the middle East as well as the Greek/Roman sphere of influence. The gospels have been written there after all.
Perhaps I need to be more precise in explaining my position, as my previous statements regarding my position may still seem unclear.
I view all miracles regarding Jesus as merely being an embellishment of a historical person.