WOTME: Magical History Lure
In watching some of the apologetic videos on the Historical Jesus, I've noted a common thread — to compare what people and scholars accept about other various ancient historical figures in relation to Jesus. They act as though the life of Alexander the Great is in any way comparable to a guy people are claiming to be God incarnate, and a worker of miracles. Like they say around the block from me here on Sesame Street, "one of these things is not like the other."
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So...was Robin Hood real? What about King Arthur? Both of them could have been based upon actual historical figures. Perhaps each was a composite of several real people. For example, Robin Hood may have been drawn from a few highway robbers who really existed. Historical records from this period are scarce. However, we know that William the Conqueror WAS real, because we have plenty of documentation of his life and his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 (to include but not limited to the Bayeux Tapestry, which was made by contemporary people). Any educated person can see the difference between actual history and legend.
Well, educated is the key isn’t it? And of course, people who’ve invested their entire lives in this myth, however educated, have a hard time too.
I’m sure there was a guy named Steve Rogers who served in the Army during WWII. That doesn’t mean Captain America is real.
OMG!!! That’s such a great line. Stealing it!!!
I swear it started out as a con… and that's how it's still going now.
"Tell 'em you saw him. Tell 'em he's alive. I dare you."
There is no "historical Jesus." The proof of this is the very many books describing the historical Jesus. All of them are different, extremely so in quite a few cases. There isn't even a description of "said man." That this character is made up is told by the crazy consequences of actions taken later. Jesus was declared to be god years after his supposed life and death. Yet these Christians seem to think it is important that Jesus be recognized as "a" (not "the") messiah. A messiah is an anointed one, one chosen by god for a special purpose? Why is it important to Christians that Jesus, who is god, be one chosen by himself for a special purpose? Why is it important that Jesus have a virgin birth when an all powerful god could claim to be born of a rutabaga. And what happened to Yahweh's ability to create? He made Adam and Eve as fully functioning adults. Why did Jesus have to spend 30 boring years as a human being before starting his mission, with all that diaper wetting, eating and excreting, being upbraided by inferior adults, etc? Why is it important that there be a historical Jesus in the first place? And they are lying about the "evidence" for there being one. There is no evidence per se.
None at all! Unless someone's say so now counts. I can't believe how much of our history and culture is tied up in this non-sense. And I mean literal non... sense. There's just NOTHING to it when you start looking into it. It's a bit terrifying. Particularly when you consider the number of people killed in the name of this fictional character.
I assume the purple background is in celebration of Easter (Ester?).