RE: Existence of Jesus
February 16, 2009 at 6:37 pm
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2009 at 6:41 pm by chatpilot.)
DD_8630 I have said before that the bible is a mish mash of fact with fiction and it obviously is.But I still stand by my opinion that the fantastical aspects of scripture are simply false and fabricated by the active imagination of man.Just because certain places and names of people that did exist throughout history are included in the bible does not make that document totally reliable.The question in this forum is did Jesus exist and basing myself on the evidence that is available I have come to the logical conclusion that he did not exist at any point in time.
During the alleged time of his existence there were historians writing about many things and events occurring in those days.I just think it odd that considering all the fantastical claims about Jesus that not one historian of his day wrote anything about him or his exploits outside of the gospels.Not to mention the many times that his story contradicts itself over and over.There is no way to prove he existed forensically since he conveniently ascended to heaven,no way to prove what he said since all of the accounts in the gospels are second and third hand accounts.He cannot be found in any Roman tribunal records and his story has been told so many other times before in mythology prior to the Jesus myth.
He has been mentioned briefly in Herodotus and other known writers but those have been found to have been later insertions into the text.Chrisians have spent two thousand plus years trying to authenticate the story of Jesus and in my opinion have come up short in every attempt.
During the alleged time of his existence there were historians writing about many things and events occurring in those days.I just think it odd that considering all the fantastical claims about Jesus that not one historian of his day wrote anything about him or his exploits outside of the gospels.Not to mention the many times that his story contradicts itself over and over.There is no way to prove he existed forensically since he conveniently ascended to heaven,no way to prove what he said since all of the accounts in the gospels are second and third hand accounts.He cannot be found in any Roman tribunal records and his story has been told so many other times before in mythology prior to the Jesus myth.
He has been mentioned briefly in Herodotus and other known writers but those have been found to have been later insertions into the text.Chrisians have spent two thousand plus years trying to authenticate the story of Jesus and in my opinion have come up short in every attempt.
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