RE: Objective evidence for the existence of Jesus Christ?
April 1, 2015 at 1:07 am
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2015 at 1:40 am by Mudhammam.)
(April 1, 2015 at 12:46 am)Cinjin Wrote: I think you may be missing the point. No one here has said Jesus absolutely didn't exist on some level, I believe what most are saying is that there is not sufficient evidence to make the claim that you are trying to make.Actually that point is quite obvious and clearly I'm saying that I disagree.
(April 1, 2015 at 12:46 am)Cinjin Wrote: Clearly, you want desperately for Jesus to have existed and are unwilling to concede even the smallest of his mythical attributes.You must be either delusional or dishonest, neither of which really deserve much of a response. Go back and reread my posts so that you can see how completely wrong you are. I did say there is mythology in the narratives, and I'll qualify that further: there's a lot.
(December 31, 1969 at 11:57 pm)Cinjin less 63611' Wrote: You seem utterly determined to accept any and all ancient scribblings on the grounds that some unnamed person(s) of scholarly education may have found some circumstantial evidence that even he or she cannot prove.The records we have don't disappear simply because you choose to ignore them. And saying that any given testimonial to an event is probably unreliable is not the same as saying all of them are, or that Jesus ceases to be historical because most of what is said about him may not be.
If Jesus rode into the crowded city of Jerusalem while hundreds, if not thousands of people laid palm branches at his feet, why pray tell is there absolutely no record of this? I'd say that's a pretty significant event. The list goes on and on.
(December 31, 1969 at 11:57 pm)Cinjin less 63611' Wrote: You seem more caught up in the religious significance of Jesus' back story rather than actual events.Is it your reading comprehension, or your basic use of logic here, that utterly sucks? What does "the religious significance of Jesus" have to do with ANYTHING? That's a rhetorical question by the way.
(December 31, 1969 at 11:57 pm)Cinjin less 63611' Wrote: Prove those events took place on any historical level and I'll subliminally accept that jewish zombie right now (just kidding, I won't).That's logical.
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