RE: What were Jesus and early Christians like?
March 4, 2015 at 9:55 am
(This post was last modified: March 4, 2015 at 9:55 am by watchamadoodle.)
One point I forgot to make on why the historical Jesus matters:
Most Christians might accept that the miracles are myths.
Many Christians might accept that the resurrection of Jesus was not physical but only spiritual
Almost no Christians could accept that Jesus was entirely mythical. That would kill Christianity.
I wish the mythical Jesus could be proven, because it would explain so much - all those weird gospels, the Gnostics, the confusion about the nature of Jesus, etc. Also I would like to see Christianity completely discredited. But it seems like a historical Jesus probably existed.
Most Christians might accept that the miracles are myths.
Many Christians might accept that the resurrection of Jesus was not physical but only spiritual
Almost no Christians could accept that Jesus was entirely mythical. That would kill Christianity.
I wish the mythical Jesus could be proven, because it would explain so much - all those weird gospels, the Gnostics, the confusion about the nature of Jesus, etc. Also I would like to see Christianity completely discredited. But it seems like a historical Jesus probably existed.