12-23-2008, 01:51 PM
You forget an important question: Did this so called Jesus character actually exist?
No historical accounts were written in the time of his supposed existence that mention this man or of natural events claimed (Luke 23:44-45 mentions a 3 hour eclipse and Matthew 27:51-54 mentions a major earthquake, both of which were not recorded by anyone who lived in that period).
You would think that some credible historians would have "of the fame of Jesus" (Matt 14:1), assuming the gospels are true: "there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jersulaem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordon." (Matt 4:25).
All claimed "historical" accounts were written by men who lived after the suppose crucifixion.
No historical accounts were written in the time of his supposed existence that mention this man or of natural events claimed (Luke 23:44-45 mentions a 3 hour eclipse and Matthew 27:51-54 mentions a major earthquake, both of which were not recorded by anyone who lived in that period).
You would think that some credible historians would have "of the fame of Jesus" (Matt 14:1), assuming the gospels are true: "there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jersulaem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordon." (Matt 4:25).
All claimed "historical" accounts were written by men who lived after the suppose crucifixion.