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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet
"'Jesus of Nazareth' supposedly lived in what is the most well-documented period of antiquity – the first century of the Christian era – yet not a single non-Christian source mentions the miracle worker from the sky. All references – including the notorious insertions in Josephus – stem from partisan Christian sources (and Josephus himself, much argued over, was not even born until after the supposed crucifixion). The horrendous truth is that the Christian Jesus was manufactured from plundered sources, re-purposed for the needs of the early Church."
http://www.carm.org/apologetics/evid...s-andor-people
and it does beg the question what non Christian sources were you looking for? - The Nazareth Mail or the Roman Times. The written word was religion back then, even Private Eye had not been invented. |
Well, he was a pretty major figure. The most important in world history, in fact, if your Christian. And yet no other documents exist, not of Jesus himself, but of what the bible SPECIFICALLY SAYS ABOUT HIM.
Of course this may have to do with the fact that mysteriously, he only had a ministry that lasted a few years, that covered a minuscule part of the globe, and upon resurrection he appeared to those same people in that same, minuscule part of the globe. Then left all the work to these strangers to write it down, where it could be easily subject to much change and bastardization, when he went back into the sky. Pretty strange for such a powerful character who, if he wanted, could enter all our minds our simultaneously appear in each corner of the globe, after all, he is omnipotent, to act in such a way. This was hwo he spread his message of saving us? The sky, by the way, the Bible describes as 'impenetrable' because heaven was not a state of mind, no, it was right up in this impenetrable dome.
Two words : Space exploration.
Pretty odd, don't you think?