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Spin Zone / Re: We Invented Jesus Christ
« on: November 04, 2015, 07:29:55 PM »
To a Christian, the divinity of the risen Christ is a matter of faith, and so not subject to critical investigation.
To the rest of us, the historicity of Jesus is not taken for granted, and can be a serious matter of study.
And there is precious little evidence concerning the existence of a historical Jesus.
Jews face a similar conundrum. There is no evidence they were ever slaves in Egypt, and archaeologists have found no evidence of a 40 year trek in the desert, a lá Exodus.
For believers, none of this matters a whit. But for nonbelievers, these are legitimate fields of study.
And none of it is meant to "attack" anything. Unless the search for truth is seen as an attack.
To the rest of us, the historicity of Jesus is not taken for granted, and can be a serious matter of study.
And there is precious little evidence concerning the existence of a historical Jesus.
Jews face a similar conundrum. There is no evidence they were ever slaves in Egypt, and archaeologists have found no evidence of a 40 year trek in the desert, a lá Exodus.
For believers, none of this matters a whit. But for nonbelievers, these are legitimate fields of study.
And none of it is meant to "attack" anything. Unless the search for truth is seen as an attack.