(August 23, 2010 at 8:11 am)The Omnissiunt One Wrote:I agree OO we can never know, but the balance of argument would lend itself to the existence of the Jesus chr in the NT. The gospels and other writings (most if not all are xtian interpolations) provide a foundational claim for the chr. But what swings it for me is the fanaticism associated with trying to retrofit the chr into the promised messiah. There would seem no point in, for example, trying to force the birth myth on people if the actual person didn't exist as well as the census.(August 23, 2010 at 12:30 am)tackattack Wrote: Rightly so, it was over the line and I apologize, I was completely exhausted and should have at least reread my post. It was obviously about atheists... and I know you're a Muslim and it was a rough night. T'wont happen anytime soon.
@Irh9- Then please continue and explain why asking a theist wouldn't be the best way to get an answer to the question "Where is Jesus?" seeing as very few if any actually believe he existed?
I think that Jesus probably existed, just that he wasn't divine, and probably wasn't the source of many moral teachings that we attribute to him.
"I still say a church steeple with a lightning rod on top shows a lack of confidence"...Doug McLeod.