@DeistPaladin, I'm sure you're familiar with the quote from Josephus about the stoning of James. How do you reconcile that quote with the idea that Jesus was not a historical figure?
IMO, it is suspicious that early Christians seemed to feel an entitlement to invent their own stories about the life of Jesus. Also I see elements of the non-canonical gospels within the canonical gospels (such as Mary Magdalene). And there is the example from Nag Hammadi where Hellenistic philosophical sayings from "Eugnostos the Blessed" were transformed into sayings of Jesus. It's all very suspicious, but how do you explain the quote from Josephus and other historical evidence?
IMO, it is suspicious that early Christians seemed to feel an entitlement to invent their own stories about the life of Jesus. Also I see elements of the non-canonical gospels within the canonical gospels (such as Mary Magdalene). And there is the example from Nag Hammadi where Hellenistic philosophical sayings from "Eugnostos the Blessed" were transformed into sayings of Jesus. It's all very suspicious, but how do you explain the quote from Josephus and other historical evidence?
