Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior

[palou]

JWeinCom said:

palou said:

The existence of a *historical person* Jesus *does* make a lot of sense, within the context, so I don't really see reason to deny that, either. Jerusalem was searching for godly intervention at the time, to repel the roman invaders. A lot of their collective history stems from stories about messiahs leading the Israelites to unlikely victories, so it's natural for them to seek another one, and equally natural for him to garner collective anger, by preaching peace (Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's...). Though, in this case, that was probably the right choice, as the revolt that followed shortly after was one of the most brutal massacres in Roman history.

There's no reason a person like Jesus couldn't exist (without the supernatural baggage).  I'm sure that today you can find people claiming to be the son of god or something like that.  But there is a big difference between something making sense, and something actually being confirmed.  

Considering the importance some people wish us to place on this figure, there needs to be something better than, "a guy like this could've existed".

Well, Christianity *did* take form at the time, I think there's really no good reason to doubt that there was an occurrence at least somewhat similar to the described by the earlier followers (and the earliest historians describing the events, the execution, specifically, was referenced in works 50-100 years after, in a timeframe where oral tradition still has some credibility.). That seems like the most likely origin for a religion. 

Last edited by palou - on 03 April 2018