RE: What were Jesus and early Christians like?
March 11, 2015 at 1:34 am
(This post was last modified: March 11, 2015 at 1:35 am by GrandizerII.)
(March 10, 2015 at 10:40 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: I'll set aside my question of "what do we base this knowledge on?" and just take your assertions about The Historical Jesus at face value:
Let's review. The Historical Jesus was...
1. Born in a town where lots of others were from.
2. Had a brother. And hey, his brother had a common name.
3. He was one of many apocalyptic preachers of that time.
4. He was one of many baptized by and inspired by JtB.
5. Did we mention he was one of many apocalyptic preachers of the time?
6. He was one of many Jews crucified by Pilate.
7. He was one of many claimed messiahs of that time.
Heck, there were probably a dozen or so Historical Jesuses (Jesusi?).
Occam's Razor is a good tool to rule out multiple Jesuses, unless you can make a case that one Jesus is not enough to explain the awkwardness that is seen in the Gospels.
