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Hello again Miss or Mr. His.
The members of this lovely community cannot do that because their paradigm doesn't allow it. I, however, try to be as open minded as possible; hence, looking at your links, I will simply use the same criterion you used to dismiss the Bible as the Word of God: that if something is written that does not automatically mean it's true.
Well, unfortunately, there was no Google in the 1st century A.D. I will take a look at what you cite and I am hoping to read transcripts and hopefully translations, as I only read Latin, but not Greek, of 1st century non-Christians accounts of Jesus' life.
OK, no, I'm not setting up my hopes too high, as I have already looked at all available sources used as proof that Jesus existed and honestly, there aren't any. But, let's see. I will add numbers to be able to discuss the sources easier.
This is supporting evidence for your claim that we should not trust the written word. Fine. I agree with the general premise of that website, even though the entries are quite questionable as they lack peer reviewed references - which are the gold standard in science.
This link leads to ramblings of some person. That person was not a witness of the events described in the Bible, and that person takes the Bible as a relatively trustworthy source of information. The author uses only Bible, and did no effort to search for non-Christian sources of information from the appropriate era. Even the apocryphic gospels are not included, only the canonical Bible. Which is contradictory to the contents of (1), if you think about it. Hence, that is not evidence of anything but the psychological state of the mind of the author.
This link leads, again, to ramblings of a single person instead of actual evidence. Moreover, the arguments presented do not support the thesis. The thesis seems to be that there is no God but the evidence presented simply boils down to "God is a heartless merciless dick who doesn't care about people." Read through more of the topics on this lovely forum and you'll see that many Christians have no problem embracing that cruel nature of God.
Anyway, it doesn't provide any evidence for that little story of Jesus the son of a carpenter you created above, so I'm not sure why you included it.
I cannot speak for True Christians™, but I'm quite sure they would be happy if you showed them that they are using the Bible out of context.
Hint: They aren't.
And again - this link does not help that little story of yours.
You really like the rambling of that person so much, that you had to cite it twice?
This belongs with (1) in the category of sources questioning the validity of the Bible as a reliable source of information. Hence, both (1) and (5) disprove the ramblings contained in (2).
In summary, you failed to prove that little story of yours, as you failed to provide evidence for historicity of Jesus. You shouldn't feel too bad about it - Christians failed to provide reliable, objective evidence for the existence of Jesus for the past 2000 years, so you are in good company. Nonetheless, you get a big fat F for providing a true mess of supporting evidence, citing contradictory sources, such as (1) and (5) against (2), and citing sources which have nothing to do with your thesis, such as (3) and (4).
I mean, you could have at least tried to defend yourself with Josephus. I would have given you at least a C- for that. But nope, you didn't. Hence the failing grade.
Hello again Miss or Mr. His.
Originally posted by HisNoodlyAppendage2
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There are many historical pieces of evidence, google is our friend and will show you loads of information
OK, no, I'm not setting up my hopes too high, as I have already looked at all available sources used as proof that Jesus existed and honestly, there aren't any. But, let's see. I will add numbers to be able to discuss the sources easier.
(1) https://www.quora.com/What-scientifi...ible-are-false
Yes, I know it's a forum, but there are many rational and logical explanations by thinking people.
Yes, I know it's a forum, but there are many rational and logical explanations by thinking people.
This link leads to ramblings of some person. That person was not a witness of the events described in the Bible, and that person takes the Bible as a relatively trustworthy source of information. The author uses only Bible, and did no effort to search for non-Christian sources of information from the appropriate era. Even the apocryphic gospels are not included, only the canonical Bible. Which is contradictory to the contents of (1), if you think about it. Hence, that is not evidence of anything but the psychological state of the mind of the author.
This link leads, again, to ramblings of a single person instead of actual evidence. Moreover, the arguments presented do not support the thesis. The thesis seems to be that there is no God but the evidence presented simply boils down to "God is a heartless merciless dick who doesn't care about people." Read through more of the topics on this lovely forum and you'll see that many Christians have no problem embracing that cruel nature of God.
Anyway, it doesn't provide any evidence for that little story of Jesus the son of a carpenter you created above, so I'm not sure why you included it.
I cannot speak for True Christians™, but I'm quite sure they would be happy if you showed them that they are using the Bible out of context.
Hint: They aren't.
And again - this link does not help that little story of yours.
You really like the rambling of that person so much, that you had to cite it twice?
This belongs with (1) in the category of sources questioning the validity of the Bible as a reliable source of information. Hence, both (1) and (5) disprove the ramblings contained in (2).
In summary, you failed to prove that little story of yours, as you failed to provide evidence for historicity of Jesus. You shouldn't feel too bad about it - Christians failed to provide reliable, objective evidence for the existence of Jesus for the past 2000 years, so you are in good company. Nonetheless, you get a big fat F for providing a true mess of supporting evidence, citing contradictory sources, such as (1) and (5) against (2), and citing sources which have nothing to do with your thesis, such as (3) and (4).
I mean, you could have at least tried to defend yourself with Josephus. I would have given you at least a C- for that. But nope, you didn't. Hence the failing grade.
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