When these gentlemen die, and open their eyes again, they are going to believe in the existence of Lord Jesus as much as Paul, probably more so. Unfortunately for them, He is going to look kind of like this, as He lunges at them--
Merry Christmas
When these gentlemen die, and open their eyes again, they are going to believe in the existence of Lord Jesus as much as Paul, probably more so. Unfortunately for them, He is going to look kind of like this, as He lunges at them--
Merry Christmas
Reminds me of the “God is dead” movement in the 60’s.
Nothing new under the sun.
Yep. Let them qiestion Islam. Oh! They don’t?
Hahahahahahahaha!
These professors are simply like turds that come and go ~ pay no attention to them.
Just wait until Easter Sunday 2017 when President Trump makes his first Easter Address! HA! MAGA!
Anybody who listens to these crackpots needs to revisit the Bible and get down on your knees and pray to God for His forgiveness because you are toying with the devil by even reading what these charlatans preach...trust me, I personally have reached out to God in prayer numerous times in my life and He has always been there...these people are bulllshiiiitt!
Don’t know where they come up with this crap
Bart Ehrman doesn’t believe Jesus was God — and he’ll tell you that for hours if you can’t get away — but he does believe Jesus existed.
The everlasting regurgitation of this crap rearing its head again. Nonsense.
I would wager there are records of his trial.
"And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame." (Luke 16:22-24)
Hell...torment...flame. And it's forever.
"And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 24And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame." (Luke 16:22-24)
Hell...torment...flame. And it's forever.
The various accounts of the resurrection can be harmonized. It is an interesting and revealing exercise.
In the entire first Christian century Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher or poet.
From Wikipedia (of all places): Tacitus on Christ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_on_Christ
"Scholars generally consider Tacitus' reference to the execution of Jesus by Pontius Pilate to be both authentic, and of historical value as an independent Roman source. Eddy and Boyd state that it is now "firmly established" that Tacitus provides a non-Christian confirmation of the crucifixion of Jesus."
The entire Muslim world claims that Ishmael was offered as a sacrifice by Abraham, rather than Isaac.
The entire Muslim world claim that Jesus never died on the cross, let alone was resurrected from the dead.
The entire Muslim world believes that women are inferior to men.
The entire Muslim world believes that pork will damn you to hell.
The entire Muslim world believes that Jesus will come back and force everyone to be Muslim.
And the Shia Muslim world believes they are Gog and Magog, and will win the battle for Jerusalem.
Now.....All of this is based on a book written at least 600 years after Jesus’ death and resurrection.
So why should believe the modern doubters, who come up with questions, a little less than 2,000 years, after the witnesses testified to what they saw in person?
That was a poorly written article.
As I read the last of these, I am stunned by the dangling participle “is”. You would think someone smarter than God would know that is incorrect.
Annales (written ca. AD 116), book 15, chapter 44. The context of this passage is the six-day Great Fire of Rome that burned much of the city in AD 64 during the reign of Roman Emperor Nero.The passage is one of the earliest non-Christian references to the origins of Christianity, the execution of Christ described in the canonical gospels, and the presence and persecution of Christians in 1st-century Rome. (from Wiki)
I translated the passage years ago. Tacitus Annales was some of the latest (and most difficult) Latin I read during my Classics Degree, UCSB, 1976.
They should check with Pilate, Herod and Casear. Those guys seemed to think He existed.
Some atheistic critics capitalize on textual variants of the Bible, pointing out differences between one version and another.
Almost never do they admit that:
1)the most ancient Biblical texts we have are far more numerous and also far more consistent than the oldest texts of Homer (Illiad and Odyssey) or any other ancient writers
2)By far the most textual variants make no difference as to meaning, e.g. different texts might say “he and his cattle and sheep” “he and his sheep and cattle,” “he and his flocks and herds,” “he and all his livestock”.
If you look at things honestly, with a neutral historical eye, Jesus is unquestionably better documented than any other figure of the late- antiquity Middle East.
And the best proof is the existence of and consistency of the early churches which spread rapidly under the Apostles´ guidance and voluntary oonviction, unlike other religious movements (Islam) which spread only through aggression, fire and sword.
I read the end of the Book. Love wins.
Merry Christmas!
Scholars? Reza Aslan, a Muslim and teaches a non-religious subject at some community college. I do not know about the rest of them.
The Apostle Paul was a Jewish Scholar and a contemporary and he believed in Jesus. The apostles were contemporaries. I would trust their evidence them more than this pack of “Scholars.”
A good resource, F.F. Bruce. (Alas, no longer in print!)
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3047862-jesus-and-christian-origins-outside-the-new-testament
He is cited here:
https://www.rationalchristianity.net/jesus_extrabib.html
Finally:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Historicity_of_Jesus
“In an article entitled Scholarly opinions on the Jesus Myth, Christopher Price wrote concerning individuals who insist that Jesus Christ was merely a mythical figure:
“ I have often been asked why more academics do not take the time to respond to the Jesus Myth theory. After looking into this question, I discovered that most historians and New Testament scholars relevant to the topic have concluded that Jesus Mythers are beyond reason and therefore decide that they have better things to do with their time.[36]”
Why don’t they do something really ballsy and question the existence and credibility of Muhammad?
It appears that these "historians and bloggers" are inventing their own criteria and then questioning the content of the bible to suit themselves.
They start out as nonbelievers and then conclude to their own satisfaction that they are correct. It is all nonsense!