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Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

We have more written evidence about the life of Jesus than any other sub 10th century historical character - and i mean a LOT more.

And how do you know the strangers who wrote about his life were completely without agenda? It was only a handful of men, after all. And no doubt the old stories inspired the new ones. And many of these men would have read and believed in the Old Testament and thus would have subconsciously written the New Testament to fulfill the Old's prophecies as accurately as possible. Jesus could have made this so much easier if ... you know ... he traveled to each and every culture in the world instead of relying on a group of second hand strangers to spread SUCH an important message. You would think. No? He is the freaking messiah, like.

Anyway. Enough of me and my rationality.

By the way, I am not doubting that Jesus existed. He most certainly did.

And this thread reeks of preaching. Sorry. There is another thread directly about Christianity that is still being discussed which your views could have fitted into.

It's also worth mentioning once again that Jesus was a Jew. He believed in the Old Testament and the story of creationism. He believed in Original Sin, Adam & Eve, Noah and the worldwide flood. And obviously this is completely incompatible with the scientific evidence that the earth is in fact more than 4,000 years old.

Perhaps he was capable of amazing things, but as a Jew he channeled it through the Abrahamic God and believed himself to be the son of god.

After all, if we were followers of, say, Religion X, and there was no scientific evidence or enlgitened views to discredit our staunch worship, and if we found out we could heal people, wouldn't we attribute it to the amazing powers of Religion X?

Of course we would.