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Where is Jesus?
RE: Where is Jesus?
(August 24, 2010 at 6:37 pm)tackattack Wrote:
(August 23, 2010 at 3:51 pm)tackattack Wrote:

Well firstly IrH9 is a Muslim, therefore I do presume he acknowledges Jesus' existence, it's a matter of tautology whether he's the son of God or simply a man. At the very basest he is presumed to be at least a man with insight into God's nature, from a theist standpoint. From the atheist standpoint you're talking about he is purely fictional, and I can understand that. That is the very reason why, if you are looking for Jesus, it's illogical that you don't at least start your search with theism, because some atheists don't even believe he existed. I have been to a Muslim country and can envision the other 2 scenarios quite easily. But I see no flaw in the logic that to find something you must start looking where that thing is, not where it isn't. If you disagree then please explain so I can understand your views better.

Atheists do not believe that Jesus did not exist. They accept evidence for or against something. Believing is accepting something as factual without evidence, which is irrational in itself.

It is irrational to ask people who believe in ghosts whether or not ghosts exist. At the very least it is redundant. The answer is yes by definition. Likewise if you ask a theist if Jesus/god exists, or existed, you are asking them a rhetorical question.

There is no evidence that Jesus ever existed. There are plenty of historical records of how the emperor Constantine, followed by Augustine, and the other fathers of Christianity created and shaped Christianity as it largely exists today regardless of sect. Jerome created the Vulgate (the first bible). They set the time of Jesus 3 centuries before their time and the setting in a remote village of Palestine both in an effort to add mystery and create the false impression of veracity.

Information at the time was a privilege that few enjoyed and those contemporaries can be forgiven for believing the silly stories. Especially, when declaring oneself a non-believer meant a sure death sentence. Today on the other hand, information is the easiest thing to obtain. That is why religious groups spend so much money in misinformation in order to protect their investment. The opinions in this forum can be used as catalysts for research, but they are not on themselves nearly adequate to learn anything in depth.

Any person with an open mind and average intelligence can easily find out any factual information available. Anyone who starts with the premise that every thing he/she thinks he/she knows may be false will learn at an ever increasing rate. Anyone who starts researching with an assumption will have limited success in research. Believing that Jesus existed and then looking for evidence that it existed is a laughable research strategy in research circles. The question is who says that Jesus existed? Then ask is the name fitting to the setting? In this case it is not. What is the evidence? When you think you found the answer, then you need to ask, “what was my biggest mistake in my research? What have I overlooked?” and further investigate any thing that is remotely suspicious, unsound, or not plausible.

Theists fool themselves into the following logic: There is no strong evidence that Jesus did not exist. Therefore, he must have existed.

I hope this helps.
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Where is Jesus? - by Captain Scarlet - August 11, 2010 at 4:58 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Paul the Human - August 11, 2010 at 5:25 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Welsh cake - August 11, 2010 at 6:19 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Captain Scarlet - August 11, 2010 at 6:21 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 11, 2010 at 6:28 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 11, 2010 at 7:36 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by HeyItsZeus - August 24, 2010 at 9:20 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 11, 2010 at 8:09 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 11, 2010 at 11:21 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by padraic - August 11, 2010 at 11:54 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 11, 2010 at 8:14 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Shell B - August 11, 2010 at 8:51 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Jaysyn - August 11, 2010 at 9:32 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 11, 2010 at 8:17 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 11, 2010 at 11:55 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 12, 2010 at 11:23 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 12, 2010 at 1:12 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Captain Scarlet - August 12, 2010 at 4:56 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 12, 2010 at 5:30 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by padraic - August 12, 2010 at 7:37 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 12, 2010 at 7:22 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by annatar - August 12, 2010 at 12:24 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 12, 2010 at 12:47 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by downbeatplumb - August 12, 2010 at 2:31 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 12, 2010 at 3:33 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by RAD - August 12, 2010 at 10:06 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by chasm - August 12, 2010 at 10:45 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 15, 2010 at 9:14 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by chatpilot - August 15, 2010 at 1:28 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 16, 2010 at 12:11 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 15, 2010 at 7:38 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by chatpilot - August 15, 2010 at 9:03 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 16, 2010 at 1:25 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by theVOID - August 15, 2010 at 9:48 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by everythingafter - September 1, 2010 at 10:15 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by KichigaiNeko - August 16, 2010 at 1:06 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 16, 2010 at 1:43 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 16, 2010 at 3:14 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 16, 2010 at 1:25 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 16, 2010 at 3:14 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 16, 2010 at 3:20 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by The Omnissiunt One - August 16, 2010 at 4:00 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 16, 2010 at 4:42 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by everythingafter - September 1, 2010 at 11:11 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by The Omnissiunt One - August 16, 2010 at 5:51 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Quest of knowledge - August 16, 2010 at 9:34 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by ib.me.ub - August 16, 2010 at 9:56 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by chatpilot - August 16, 2010 at 12:37 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by chatpilot - August 16, 2010 at 4:10 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by solja247 - August 16, 2010 at 6:47 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 16, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by theVOID - August 16, 2010 at 8:14 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 16, 2010 at 11:17 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by DiRNiS - August 17, 2010 at 12:12 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by KichigaiNeko - August 17, 2010 at 2:25 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by downbeatplumb - August 18, 2010 at 3:11 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Quest of knowledge - August 16, 2010 at 8:11 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by DiRNiS - August 16, 2010 at 8:16 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by chatpilot - August 16, 2010 at 7:20 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by chatpilot - August 16, 2010 at 9:05 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 17, 2010 at 12:14 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 17, 2010 at 10:09 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Eilonnwy - August 17, 2010 at 10:22 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 18, 2010 at 10:58 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 17, 2010 at 10:52 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Edwardo Piet - August 18, 2010 at 4:22 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Captain Scarlet - August 18, 2010 at 3:04 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 19, 2010 at 12:24 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 19, 2010 at 11:29 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by DiRNiS - August 20, 2010 at 6:49 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Edwardo Piet - August 20, 2010 at 1:29 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Captain Scarlet - August 20, 2010 at 2:19 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 20, 2010 at 11:41 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 21, 2010 at 1:05 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 20, 2010 at 7:04 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by The Omnissiunt One - August 20, 2010 at 7:48 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 20, 2010 at 2:52 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Captain Scarlet - August 20, 2010 at 3:33 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 21, 2010 at 1:45 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Edwardo Piet - August 21, 2010 at 3:44 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 21, 2010 at 5:55 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 22, 2010 at 1:13 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by lrh9 - August 21, 2010 at 2:07 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 21, 2010 at 5:39 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by lrh9 - August 22, 2010 at 1:31 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Godschild - August 22, 2010 at 4:08 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by lrh9 - August 22, 2010 at 5:41 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 21, 2010 at 3:44 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 21, 2010 at 7:48 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Eilonnwy - August 22, 2010 at 3:11 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 22, 2010 at 1:23 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 22, 2010 at 4:45 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 23, 2010 at 12:30 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by The Omnissiunt One - August 23, 2010 at 8:11 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Captain Scarlet - August 23, 2010 at 4:01 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 23, 2010 at 3:51 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Quest of knowledge - August 24, 2010 at 3:00 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 24, 2010 at 6:37 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Quest of knowledge - August 27, 2010 at 6:57 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - August 30, 2010 at 11:30 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Paul the Human - August 30, 2010 at 12:29 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Quest of knowledge - September 1, 2010 at 9:31 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Entropist - September 1, 2010 at 9:50 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Quest of knowledge - September 1, 2010 at 10:47 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 23, 2010 at 5:58 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by RachelSkates - August 27, 2010 at 4:31 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 27, 2010 at 4:45 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by RachelSkates - August 27, 2010 at 6:15 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 27, 2010 at 7:54 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Padre5 - August 27, 2010 at 7:31 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - August 30, 2010 at 12:33 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - September 1, 2010 at 11:30 am
RE: Where is Jesus? - by tackattack - September 2, 2010 at 12:30 pm
RE: Where is Jesus? - by Minimalist - September 2, 2010 at 12:40 pm

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