> You may not be alone, but I don't think there are very many of you. Even the > non christian faiths generally acknowledge the existence of Jesus, sometimes > as a prophet...but at least as a heretic or rabble rouser of some sort. > > Your deity accounts were interesting. However, they would only serve to > possibly argue for the origins of the "myths" that may of surrounded Jesus' > supposed divinity. They wouldn't say anything about the very existence of > Jesus himself.
There are contemporary accounts of Herod and Pontius Pilate, Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great, Brendan of Ireland and even of Chinese poets and diplomats and commoners. But none of Jesus. nada... odd that he would garner such a following based on hearsay, and that contradiction or doubt amounts to heresy of the highest order. Odd too that we use the argument, but they are only mythological figures when w speak of Hercules, Horus and Osiris. Yet, the accounts of their lives and deeds are no less hearsay than any of those of the life and deeds of Christ... Oh and to the point that the other stories do not speak to existence, merely to the supposed divinity... what would be the point of Christianity if Christ was not in some way divine, then? Would that mean that the miracles spoken of in the bible were merely folktales or entirely made up? And if so, what then do we use as an historical reference to point to the existence of the man, divine or not? How then would Christ and the worship thereof secure one a place in heaven, should he not actually be divine? -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221868 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
