RE: Why I can't take the Gospels seriously.
June 17, 2021 at 6:20 pm
(This post was last modified: June 17, 2021 at 6:23 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
Well, let's propose that it doesn't cause any issue, so long as you're willing to abandon any belief predicate on the narrative being a set of retold facts rather than a story for theological effect. Maybe you're willing to carve up the text into truth and half truth and outright fabrication. I would understand, pretty much any atheist would undertsand - but if you're willing to do that, what do you imagine will be left after it's all been assessed and studied and exhaustively categorized?
Well, you'll end up with what nt scholars call The Historical Jesus. A nameless man from nazareth who was executed by the romans. Fullstop. What did he say? We don't know, maybe nothing. What did he do? We don't know, maybe something...leading us into our final question, why did they execute him? No idea, but it was probably related to whatever he did. Did he rise from the dead? No. Was he a god? No. Is the religion of christianity founded on his being or person? No.
Well, you'll end up with what nt scholars call The Historical Jesus. A nameless man from nazareth who was executed by the romans. Fullstop. What did he say? We don't know, maybe nothing. What did he do? We don't know, maybe something...leading us into our final question, why did they execute him? No idea, but it was probably related to whatever he did. Did he rise from the dead? No. Was he a god? No. Is the religion of christianity founded on his being or person? No.
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