RE: The Historical Reliability of the New Testament
May 24, 2015 at 12:16 am
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2015 at 12:16 am by Regina.)
My honest opinion is that Jesus probably did exist.
However, it goes without saying that the story of his life is wildly exaggerated and blown out of proportion.
I think there was probably a man in Judea who rose up against Roman rule in a pacifistic manner, a Gandhi-like figure if you will. He probably became venerated by his band of followers, and quickly this pacifist turned into some holy "son of God" and out of that the miracles and resurrection story came about.
If Jesus existed, that's who I think he was and how it happened
However, it goes without saying that the story of his life is wildly exaggerated and blown out of proportion.
I think there was probably a man in Judea who rose up against Roman rule in a pacifistic manner, a Gandhi-like figure if you will. He probably became venerated by his band of followers, and quickly this pacifist turned into some holy "son of God" and out of that the miracles and resurrection story came about.
If Jesus existed, that's who I think he was and how it happened
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"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie
"Ironically like the nativist far-Right, which despises multiculturalism, but benefits from its ideas of difference to scapegoat the other and to promote its own white identity politics; these postmodernists, leftists, feminists and liberals also use multiculturalism, to side with the oppressor, by demanding respect and tolerance for oppression characterised as 'difference', no matter how intolerable." - Maryam Namazie
