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36. "You are attacking my faith!" n/t

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Thu Apr 18, 2019, 09:20 AM

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The evidence that Jesus ever existed is weaker than you might think [View all] Soph0571 Apr 2019 OP

I think people are asking the wrong question Kaleva Apr 2019 #1

Someone with a messianic claim performing miracles would have been noticed Major Nikon Apr 2019 #27

Being written down is no guarantee that it will not be lost to history Kaleva Apr 2019 #38

The examples you gave were not lost to history Major Nikon Apr 2019 #42

There may not have been any contemporaneous accounts of Jesus because he was deemed unimportant Kaleva Apr 2019 #43

Not sure where your supposed information comes from Major Nikon Apr 2019 #44

I used to think he didn't exist. James48 Apr 2019 #2

What changed your mind? PJMcK Apr 2019 #7

I know it's hard to believe but... James48 Apr 2019 #25

You say you were 42 and dumb. Mariana Apr 2019 #26

No, of course not. James48 Apr 2019 #30

I guess I don't understand the connection Mariana Apr 2019 #33

You are right it is hard to believe Major Nikon Apr 2019 #28

You'd think a historical event like the Massacre of the Innocents safeinOhio Apr 2019 #3

Why? Kaleva Apr 2019 #4

Many Christians don't believe stories in the Bible to be literal truth. pnwmom Apr 2019 #5

That literal bs Cartoonist Apr 2019 #9

The big question is HOW does a Christian determine Mariana Apr 2019 #35

Almost all christians believe that a person was executed and rose from the dead. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #16

Do the wafer and wine at communion literally become Jesus' body and blood? trotsky Apr 2019 #19

Having it both ways creates a serious conflict. MineralMan Apr 2019 #20

I'm still waiting for independent verification of jesus's post bad-weekend zombies... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #10

You'd think someone else might have noticed that. trotsky Apr 2019 #11

And, apparently, it wasn't just any grandma, these were Saints!... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #13

seems to me there might be secondary evidence for something mopinko Apr 2019 #12

That Herod killed his own wife and three of his own sons, and quite a few other people as well, struggle4progress Apr 2019 #31

And not a stretch to think such a thing would likely be recorded. Mariana Apr 2019 #32

It is quite common in history for the powerful to kill the weak without consequence struggle4progress Apr 2019 #37

I didn't ask about consequence. Mariana Apr 2019 #39

Nobody bothers to remember what became of people they didn't care about struggle4progress Apr 2019 #41

you might think that the Judeans... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #49

The Christian gospels do not tell about wealthy powerful people but about the poor struggle4progress Apr 2019 #50

Hmmm... uriel1972 Apr 2019 #51

You and I see different problems. Where you worry whether the stories are exactly true, struggle4progress Apr 2019 #53

Ludlow Massacre struggle4progress Apr 2019 #45

Sand Creek Massacre struggle4progress Apr 2019 #46

Burial of body parts of children killed in Nazi experiments struggle4progress Apr 2019 #47

Rwanda: children during the Tutsi genocide struggle4progress Apr 2019 #48

You actually help make our point... NeoGreen Apr 2019 #34

Any credible independent records would have been preserved and known... TomVilmer Apr 2019 #6

Resurection is the most difficult part to accept. If you have trouble beliving in it, 3Hotdogs Apr 2019 #8

Good one! Bradshaw3 Apr 2019 #52

Faith. You must have faith, see? MineralMan Apr 2019 #14

On the other hand, a cannibal cult has been fantasizing about leftovers for 2000 years. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #15

In the distant future PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #17

Hey, now. Obviously Batman and Superman are fictional. Pope George Ringo II Apr 2019 #18

LOL! PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2019 #21

You'd be surprised at how many edhopper Apr 2019 #22

Oh, yes, and they won't listen to an explanation that they were not. MineralMan Apr 2019 #23

They all get edhopper Apr 2019 #24

"You are attacking my faith!" n/t trotsky Apr 2019 #36

More often they say Mariana Apr 2019 #40

I believe this is the foundation of jesus reincarnation WhiteTara Apr 2019 #29

Judeo-Christian myths are collections of oral history Major Nikon Apr 2019 #54