Reply #58: TechBear Seattle [View All]

[Straight Shooter]

Your post is an excellent summary of the position of those who doubt the existence of an incarnate Jesus Christ.


This is what bothers me most: It is claimed that Jesus performed miracles (raising the dead, hello?) and outraged authority wherever he went, masses of people followed him, and yet nothing was written of him during the time of his existence. I find that so highly improbable as to be implausible. 40 years (there's that Biblical number again) between the time of his existence and the time the gospels were written is a long enough gap that people may have found it beneficial to stretch the truth in order to bolster their religious agenda.

I would be gratified to find some proof of the existence of Jesus as a prophet or a gifted healer or an inspired teacher ... but the divine aspect and other features of his life and death too closely parallel other mythical legends.

That being said, to each her own, to each his own, when it comes to matters of faith.