RE: Is Jesus the son of God?
December 20, 2014 at 12:08 pm
(This post was last modified: December 20, 2014 at 12:19 pm by Free.)
(December 20, 2014 at 12:02 pm)abaris Wrote:(December 20, 2014 at 12:00 pm)Brucer Wrote: I view all miracles regarding Jesus as merely being an embellishment of a historical person.
Pretty much how I view it too, with the exemption of saying the jury's still out, if there even was a historical person. It can't be proven one way or the other.
I don't disagree with you here. When it comes to ancient history, it is very difficult to prove the existence of many historical figures. We could use all kinds of techniques and arguments to eliminate people such as Plato, Socrates, Buddha, etc.
The best we can ever do with this kind of thing is approximate according to whatever evidence is available, and probability.
(December 20, 2014 at 11:31 am)Stimbo Wrote: Meanwhile, Brucer, you're relying on non-contemporary sources, doctored accounts and biased partisan doctrine. Of the two cases, I know which I find more compelling. If there was any actual, genuinely airtight evidence around, there would never be a need for all this tapdancing.
Using your reasoning regarding contemporary sources we could eliminate most of the 12 Caesars. In fact, we could eliminate scores of historical figures with this reasoning.
Contemporary documents demonstrate nothing.
You have provided no evidence of any kind of doctored accounts.
Biased partisan doctrine is prevalent throughout almost all history. As we know, history is written by the victors.
