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Originally posted by Ersatz
There is no (that is none, zero, zilch) evidence that Jesus ever existed.
He was not a liar or madman or God, he just did not happen.
Jesus is a fairy tale, he is imaginary.
He was a sun god like Horus, Tammuz, Mithras. Nazareth did not exist in the 1st century AD – the area was a burial ground of rock-cut tombs.
Following a star would lead you in circles.
Jesus was only given the status of "divine" after the Council of Nicea in325 ad.
What hystorical evidence are you talking about?
Originally posted by Ersatz
There is no (that is none, zero, zilch) evidence that Jesus ever existed.
He was not a liar or madman or God, he just did not happen.
Jesus is a fairy tale, he is imaginary.
He was a sun god like Horus, Tammuz, Mithras. Nazareth did not exist in the 1st century AD – the area was a burial ground of rock-cut tombs.
Following a star would lead you in circles.
Jesus was only given the status of "divine" after the Council of Nicea in325 ad.
What hystorical evidence are you talking about?
Originally posted by babloyi
First you say that Jesus was God, and that he claimed he was God. I have not seen this claim anywhere. Jesus might have said (although I do not know for sure) that he was "Son of God" or that he was "One with God" but he never claimed to BE God. He always (as far as I can see) referred to God as someone else. I wouldn't say things like "Babloyi is an annoying guy" and "Babloyi makes great pizza" unless I wasn't babloyi.
"And so when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments, and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for I am. If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet." (John 13:12-14)
Another thing, you say that Jesus was crucified, died and came back to life. Since he died for what he believed in, he must have believed in God, and therefore God exists. Aside from the fact that we cannot be sure any of this happened, as it wasn't Jesus who wrote this down, or God who wrote this down, but lots of people, who at times had conflicting stories. I'd think it much more likely that either Jesus was crucified and died, and the people who saw him afterwards were lying, or that Jesus was not crucified, and the people who saw him afterwards were not lying.
About the dying for your beliefs bit, I'm not to sure about that either. There are many examples of people who died for their beliefs. Some of them were suicidal terrorists, some of them were artists, some of them were really unhappy people. They can't all be right.
I won't go into details as you didn't seem to either, but how can we be sure about the authenticity of the new testament? Many of them were not written by eyewitnesses, the oldest copies are many years younger than when the originals are supposed to have been written, the originals were supposedly written many years after the fact.
I ought to add that it might have been possible for me to believe all of this and accept it, aside from one tiny thing that nags the logic of my conscience. I just cannot believe that anyone except myself is responsible for my sins. I would not want, and would not accept that anyone except me should die for my sins. If I did something wrong, I should he held responsible for it. I would not dare burden another soul (no matter how sinless) with what is truely and clearly mine. To paraphrase: The sins of the father do not go to the son, and the sins of the son do not go to the father
Originally posted by Ersatz
There is no (that is none, zero, zilch) evidence that Jesus ever existed.
He was not a liar or madman or God, he just did not happen.
Jesus is a fairy tale, he is imaginary.
He was a sun god like Horus, Tammuz, Mithras. Nazareth did not exist in the 1st century AD – the area was a burial ground of rock-cut tombs.
Following a star would lead you in circles.
Jesus was only given the status of "divine" after the Council of Nicea in325 ad.
What hystorical evidence are you talking about?
Lancer J1 wrote:
Out of all major world religious leaders, Jesus was the only one who actually claimed to be God, claimed he could give eternal life, claimed he could give forgiveness at a future judgment and claimed that his teaching was for every person of all ages in the world.
Originally posted by babloyi
I love arguing against myself!
There is plenty of evidence that Jesus existed, mostly in the form of writing. Sure, it may be biased, being that it's all in favour of him existing and being a really important guy, and the fact that it's collected together in a book that many people believe to be fictitious, but it's still evidence. A group of people won't spontaneously come up with an idea to create the character of Jesus, the true, successful Messiah, just for the heck of it.
People have been using stars as a method of navigation for thousands of years. Why do you think it's called the North Star?
Originally posted by babloyi
There is plenty of evidence that Jesus existed, mostly in the form of writing. Sure, it may be biased, being that it's all in favour of him existing and being a really important guy, and the fact that it's collected together in a book that many people believe to be fictitious, but it's still evidence.
Originally posted by SkyWay
This is the second time I have posted the follwing message because I think that the posts that have followed since it was originally posted at 7:30 this morning prove it to be accurate:
Anyone who requires proof of God's existence before they will accept Him as real will never believe until they encounter Him personally. No amount of evdence will convince them. In fact, such people don't even accept the evidence. To believe doesn't require proof...it only requires reasonable amount of evidence, and there is plenty of that which is why there are so many believers.
Originally posted by 2stepsfromtop
Twice a week, every week I ask God to grant me the Lottery Jackpot,
God has not delivered,
Therefore God does not exist.
Proof.