Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior

[palou]

JWeinCom said:

palou said:

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. 

Of course there is a good reason to doubt it.  That reason being a lack of evidence to confirm it.  

We know that there was oral tradition (or lost written tradition) confirming the existence of a religious figure that entered Jerusalem, around the time of Jesus, from 70 years after - that's evidence, even if not the strongest. It's strengthened by the fact that we don't have any information about *other* origins for the christian religion, which you could reasonably expect to leave some traces (since a religion usually starts from an event of some importance.) 

 

Yes, it's not confirmation, by any means - but I think, it is normal to take as fact whatever answer to a question has the highest probability - I think, to the question "what is the origin of Christianity?" supernatural aside, the persona of Jesus seems like the best we have.