(July 16, 2015 at 8:23 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(July 16, 2015 at 8:04 pm)Jenny A Wrote: I think she already knows you think Jesus was divine. You already know that I don't consider the words written in the bible to be all that historically accurate particularly not John, Exodus, Isaiah, or Revelations.
Jesus' claims to be divine are multiply attested by a variety of sources - sources accepted as historically significant by trained professional scholars. And note that I make the distinction between his claims and the reality. That he IS God must be proved. We're only talking about what He claimed.
What evidence do you have to support your view that he did not make the claim?
We don't really know what he claimed. Full stop. Because we don't. Our sources are way too long after him to know that. But since the earlier the gospel the less Jesus claims godhood (does he claim it all in Mark?) I would guess that he made no such claim.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.