Reply #254: If the words attributed to Jesus have meaning, does it MATTER? [View All]

[godhatesrepublicans]

I hate to flog a dead horse, but if the Sermon on the Mount and the Sermon on the Plain are good ideas to live by, why the hell debate his existence or nonexistence?

I believe he was real, and that he did what the gospels said, but the POINT is that what he preached MADE SENSE as a good way to live in a society.

I don't need his fingerprints and a notarized birth certificate if the philosophy has merit.

Now if anyone wants to debate me on his ethical teachings, fine. But the "real vs. not real" debate is pointless, because no one can "prove" Socrates was real either, and no one bothers to try.