Damon Agretto wrote:
...
> There were 'chistians' Well before
> > the period of time
> > that myth has coalesced around as when this
> > So-Called yeshua lived.
>
> How can christians exist before Christ? Can you
> explain this, especially when the majority of all Jews
> living during that time rejected him because they were
> waiting for a POLITICAL messiah?
>
> Present your evidence that Christians existed before
> the life of Jesus. Prove your argument. Otherwise this
> is just a silly and absurd statement.
...
He probably means that the Essenes, who existed before
Jesus was born, were essentially Christians in their beliefs and
rituals. A good case for this can be made.
(Try http://www.essene.com/ --"for entertainment purposes only".)
If you insist on some tautological definition like
"Christians are those who profess belief in Christ, etc", then
it is probably false that there were Christians before Christ.
But if you want to call all of the early Jesus-cults
"Christians", you might well cast your nets so wide that you
catch the Essenes too.
---David
So the doctrine of the Trinity was an attempt to produce some
unity among the various early Christian sects? (Either that, or
"Three gods for the price of one".)
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