I do not believe the actual person named Jesus in the Christian religion ever existed.
Not in one person.
I think there was a new way of thinking bought back from traders to Asia who had contact with an entirely different philosophy.
Many of the people speaking of these ideas were possibly crucified.
They crucified people for the most absurd things then.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I agree. I keep coming back to all the things that were written about him within at least 60 or so years of when he supposedly lived -- that is to say exactly nothing.
This guy was supposed to be the son of God and was supposed to be going around performing miracles but no one (in or out of the wholly babble) documented it. All we have is very questionable memories that were written decades or centuries after the events they try to describe in a time before printing presses let alone cameras. And it all happened when people were far more ignorant than they are today (if that's possible).
RichCC
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June 8, 2018
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Especially since the Romans were pretty OCD about keeping historical records. .
@BufftonBeotch Yes, exactly. Like census lists for applying taxes for instance.
Buffton,
Not sure I can agree with you. There is a fair amount of evidence ( including non scripture, eg Tacitus) that Jesus of Nazareth existed. But he was a human being, not a deity.
If the Romans thought he was fomenting trouble he would be punished by Death by Crucification.
Tedoi
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June 8, 2018
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It was supposed to be "Bluffton" where I live but I used my last edit....
Of course, even if he did exist, he was not divine
Crucifixion was entertain men for the masses wasn't it?
Absolutely, definitely not God, he strikes me as a bit of a tool actually! Talking in riddles like some loon from a first century Marx brothers film.
The entertainment value of crucifixion was a happy by product for the Romans, pretty sure the primary function was punishment!
Absolutely, definitely not God, he strikes me as a bit of a tool actually! Talking in riddles like some loon from a first century Marx brothers film.
The entertainment value of crucifixion was a happy by product for the Romans, pretty sure the primary function was punishment!
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