I don't want to debate anything, I was just wondering who you think Jesus was. A work of "Bible Fiction" and/or Myth, or a real person glorified to Savior status?
Just curious as to your own thoughts on the matter. Not debating anything. Thanks!!
Anonymous
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EverDemon
Probably a myth, but if Jesus was indeed a real person (which isn't unlikely) then he was a very interesting philosopher. I can appreciate the Jesus perspective on life, but if you compare the New Testament to the Old, the thing that really makes Jesus great is that he was not content to accept the teachings of the Old Testament-- in fact he practiced completely opposite of them.
That alone should tell you something of the 'divine' status of Jesus.
The Doc
It seems most likely, given the scarcity and poor quality of evidence for the existence of a historical Jesus, and the fact that many myths from earlier religions (including judiasm) which describe the christ story very closely were already in existence that jesus never actually existed, even initially and that the writers of the gospels intended him to be taken as a sort of spiritual allegory rather than a real person.
Mossflower Wood
I believed for a long time that Jesus had historical evidence to prove his existence. Eventually I found it that there actually is no evidence of Jesus existing. You'd think the Romans would have kept track of such a political troublemaker, right? Or that someone else would have wrote about his miracles...
Since what Jesus teaches is very different from what the Jewish believed, I have trouble believing he was entirely made up. I'm beginning to wonder if maybe a Buddhist monk made his way over there and they took his teachings and added miracles to create the character we know to be Jesus.
Mnemonic
Those are the only options? I would have to refuse to answer on the basis that the available options are ludicrous.
There is no contemporary, at the time of Jesus, mention of Jesus in any historical records. We have no confirmed archaeological evidence to support Jesus. We don't accept the existence of dragons based upon the notion that because it is mentioned in an historical text it is true, why should we do the same with Jesus?
Personally, I'm heathen so it doesn't matter if he existed or not or if he is the son of the christian god or the christian god himself incarnate. It doesn't matter to me, because I personally don't condone or approve of what christianity condones and approves. I can't compromise my morals, ethics, ideals and existence to pander to some political propaganda.