Hamas legalizes Crucifixion

[Avinash_Tyagi]

mrstickball said:

Avinash_Tyagi said:
@Stick: The prevailing theory is that the religion was the result of an amalgamation of beliefs, Horus, Mithras, Prometheus, etc.

@Rocket: I don't know about that, the writings that are used to support the historicity of Jeuss, like the gospels, the epistles, the acts, and others were all second hand accounts written decades later. In addition as you state the record keeping was poor so what evidence do we have to support the existence of the man referenced as Jesus Christ

Avinash, correct me if I'm wrong, but 'second hand account' means that the people weren't there, correct?

The following books of the Bible were written by either Apostles or those that directly knew and lived with Jesus:

• Gospel of Matthew (Written by the Apostle Matthew)
• Gospel of John (Written by the Apostle John - the only Apostle to not die due to martyrdom)
• Epistle of James (Written by James the Just - Jesus' brother)
• Epistle of Peter 1-2 (Written by the Apostle Peter)
• Epistle of John 1-3 (Written by the Apostle John - Same as the Gospel of John)
• Epistle of Jude (Written by Jude - the brother of Jesus)
• Book of Revelations (Written by the Apostle John)

That winds up being just under 50% of the New Testament being written by those directly involved in Jesus' earthly ministry and life.

@ Rocketpig - Mormonism is a great example, and I agree that some crazy things (such as Scientology) can come into belief, despite being established by loons. It should be noted, however, that Christianity faced far worse persecutions than both and grew at a much larger rate.

 

 

most scholars do not attest the Gospel of Matthew to matthew, and the gospel of John is not believed to be a reliable source, the epistle of james was written in the first or second centuries long after Christ's supposed death, revelations was written by a different john, etc. etc.