WOTM: Know Jesus?
What can we know about Jesus? Anything? The date of his birth? Where he was born? Which day he was crucified, and how he handled being a cross decoration? Is there anything we can know about Jesus with any degree of confidence?
I'm not a mythicist — I think there was probably a dude (or several) on whom the Jesus of the Gospels was based. But the fact that mythicists can make a compelling case should leave everyone wondering... I mean, bewildered. Given that the life of Jesus is the crowning event (pun intended) of all time, space, and matter. Is it not the most ridiculous thing that our alleged eternal salvation is dependent on something for which we can have almost no certainty or confidence? Ridiculous!!!
Update: The alter to my patrons caught on fire. I'm so sorry. I will definitely rebuild it before next month's video are posted. And I'll remember to turn off the fan when I have so many candles lit. Thanks again for all your support, gang! My cup o' gratitude runneth over! B
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The wonderfulness of the U.S. educational system had me believing for decades that some written record of some kind independent of the Bible indicated that *someone* with a name that the Greeks could render as "Jesus" did exist. It was only about 20 years ago or so that I started to do research to determine which document(s) existed that I found out that, no, the Roman's may have kept records of who they crucified but none survived/exist for DGOAS (or Barabbas or the 2 thieves).
Well, when you explain it like THAT Bri Bri it does sound a bit ridiculous. The whole story, the whole shebang is nuts.
Brian, for some reason, (my ineptitude?), I missed this! It was excellent, of course. Quite the slow burn. To an explosion? Sort of? I will, of course watch it again. 👍💙💖🥰✌
Tsk. To heck with Joshua of Nazareth. I'm still trying to know the facts about Topiltzín Ce Ácatl Quetzalcóatl. Aren't we still waiting for his promised return?
It hardly matters whether there was a historical person at the core of the Jesus myth. Modern Christians show almost no signs of following the teachings of Jesus, in favor of the teachings of their churches (all 40,000+ of them).
Hey Bri, You're old. Weren't you around back then? Did Jesus exist or not? LOL 😉
What was Jesus' favorite color? What was his favorite food? What did he eat at the last supper? What did he shout when hitting his finger with a hammer? So many things we don't know!
Blue. No, Yellow!