(March 21, 2018 at 6:43 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Much is debated about the authenticity and authorship of the Gospels. For the sake of this argument, let's assume some accuracy in their telling of Jesus's adult ministry. We do not have to argue about eyewitnesses, miracles, resurrections, or ascensions. Let's argue about the life of Jesus before the age of twelve. How did the writers gather this "historical" data?
The same could be argued about the early life of Mohammed or Buddha or Horus.
Mythology is mythology. Arguing over who existed or did not exist is pointless to me.
If they found the DNA of Jesus or Mohammed tomorrow that would still not be evidence that humans have guy at the local horse races with a prophet who picks the Exacta.
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Mythology can certainly be derived from real events, but that does not make the fantastic claims true. King Tut can be proven to have existed, but and the Pyramids are beautiful, but nobody would claim because he existed that Horus was a real savior god. Oh yea, if Christians don't want to think of Horus as a savior that would be bullshit. Horus was the son of Osiris and Isis who was deemed by Ra to come and save the Egyptians.
Same with the mythology of Buddha. It does not matter to me if a group of people started Buddhism. It still remains that the mythology, even in his case, had him being born from a royal linage out of the side of Queen Maya, Buddha's mother, who was supposed to be the boy who would grow up to bring wisdom to the world.
