(January 21, 2013 at 12:55 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: ...and glossing over just how the followers of Jesus decided only a few short years later to disregard all they knew regarding an obvious recent history of their leader only to invent a mythical Son of God that bore little resemblance to the man they were following?
How are you defining prophet here? If we're talking about Jesus as someone who saw into the future he was a crashing failure because he didn't predict what happened after his death.
I'm just defining Jesus as a messenger. When I was working in an office I was often asked to pass a message on to someone. If they received the message I had to pass on I was a successful messenger even if it was only to say "The coffee's ready. Go and get a cup while there's still some left."
