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Trying to determine if Jesus existed
The Buffalo News ^
| 1/29/2007
| JAY TOKASZ
Posted on 01/29/2007 10:02:46 AM PST by presidio9
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:02:47 AM PST
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:03:47 AM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
To: presidio9
Maybe they should look into all the other figures of recorded history that probably did not exist. /sarc
To: presidio9
The "Jesus Seminar" still exists, but interest in its work has faded, and its founder, Robert Funk, died in 2005. Frankly, I doubt that the Jesus Seminar ever existed.
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:05:12 AM PST
by
Brilliant
To: presidio9
The "Jesus Seminar" still exists, but interest in its work has faded, and its founder, Robert Funk, died in 2005.
I swear, you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:05:14 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(Eph 6:12)
To: presidio9
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:05:53 AM PST
by
pissant
To: presidio9
Any predictions on the outcome of this venture?
To: presidio9
I didn't even know there was any doubt about it. The Jewish writers and the Roman writers of those times acknowledged that he lived so what's the problem.
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:08:27 AM PST
by
fish hawk
(Hate the sin but love the sinner, except for the sin of Liberalism)
To: JamesP81
Robert Funk, died in 2005
Too bad they cant talk to poor Robert - H knows for sure now.
To: JamesP81
Robert Funk, died in 2005
Too bad they can't talk to poor Robert - He knows for sure now.
To: presidio9
There is no question he existed and that he did what they said he did. Buddhists and Hindus might question if he was the only one who did what they say he did, but they don't question that he did those things because it is not the kind of thing people make up. Besides that, it was big news all around the Mediterranean and all the way to India that very day--don't ask how they got the word out so quick before Internet, but they did.
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:09:10 AM PST
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
To: presidio9
How the hell do they proclaim that 4 out of 5 statements in the New Testement, that he did not make?
Did they go to the videotape?
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:09:37 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(You are not your mind. You are not your emotions. You are not your pain. All you are is love.)
To: JamesP81
"...and its founder, Robert Funk, died in 2005."
--I swear, you couldn't make this stuff up if you tried.--
Is the founder of the Catholic Church still alive?
To: presidio9
..settled that about 30 years ago...
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:11:22 AM PST
by
WalterSkinner
( ..when there is any conflict between God and Caesar -- guess who loses?)
To: Fitzcarraldo
Well, there are certain things scholars look for in determining whether a "historical" figure existed or not. Of course there are documents mentioning that person, but the documents that really clench the deal are those written by a figure's enemies. Do we have any writings from the Jewish leaders at the time mentioning Jesus?
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:11:42 AM PST
by
Junior
(Losing faith in humanity one person at a time.)
To: RightWhale
--There is no question he existed and that he did what they said he did. Buddhists and Hindus might question if he was the only one who did what they say he did, but they don't question that he did those things because it is not the kind of thing people make up.--
How do you support the statement that Buddhists and Hindus don't question that he did those things?
To: UpAllNight
UpAllNight, I've been on religious threads where you've posted. Do you ever post anything but antagonistic, rhetorical questions? I don't want an answer, and I'm not starting a dialog with you. I'm just posting an observation.
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posted on
01/29/2007 10:13:14 AM PST
by
GreenAccord
(Alright, everyone. Rotate your tagline)
To: presidio9
The "Jesus never existed" industry is already alive and well, this new entrant - like its precursor entity - is just a better-branded vehicle for the rehashing of the same tired propaganda.
The existence of anyone who is now deceased is by definition not a "testable hypothesis."
The existence of anyone who ever lived is dependent solely on the testimony of third party statements and documents.
To: presidio9
They should knock themselves out. We know more about what Jesus did and said than we know about any other person in history - at least before the advent of the printing press.
To: UpAllNight
Is the founder of the Catholic Church still alive?Indeed He is. You wouldn't be posting right now if He weren't.
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