Reply #145: You seem sincere [View All]

[jokerman93]

You seem sincere, so no offense to your faith is intended, but I doubt their's anything more than references to a local preacher named Yahoshua from Nazareth, but I'm willing to check out your bibliography.

Any collaborated descriptions of public miracles, resurrections, virgin birth? Any collaborations on Pilot's washing of the hands? Miracles at the crucification? Those mythological points are the only relevant factors that would qualify a man name Yahoshua as the actual messiah of the religious faith. As far as I've taken my reading, no such documented collaboration exists.

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By the way, apropos of nothing but a shared fascination with this subject, I thought, if you're interested in Jewish history, you might be surprised to hear that in fact there has been an historically documented advent of a messiah among the Jewish people. (The messiah of course, is a Jewish concept.) The man's name was Sabbatai Sevi - admittedly he was a failed messiah, but the fascinating story is thoroughly documented. Several scholarly works have been written on the subject, and even today there exists an hereditary community of disciples (in Turkey I believe it is). Fascinating stuff!

Here's a link to some sources if you're interested:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0197100120/104-6662262-5122310?v=glance

http://www.donmeh-west.com


Best Regards Fellow DUer!

J