Jesus Christ

Started by Vathu208 pages

I do not believe in god, nor doubt his existence.

I just simply don't care.

If there's a god, That's just dandy.

If not, too bad.

But there is evidence to show he was alive, although he may not have been the giant powerhouse of Christian, Catholic or Jewish faith around the world, he most definitely existed

And I guess that's all that matter to some people, even if he didn't have the powers people with the faith believe him to have.

Belief is what cures most people in the world and deters them to right from wrong.

Well the man was certainly perfect for creating millenia-long discord between humans.

Originally posted by Vathu
Belief is what cures most people in the world and deters them to right from wrong.

Cures them from what?

And I can't help but find it disturbing the only thing in the world that might deter some people from doing wrong is the belief in God.

After all we have seen plenty of examples of people doing what they "think" is right by God yet in fact doing wrong by any measure of common sense and human reason.

Originally posted by Nellinator

Third, the logic does not fail because they would have been quickly discredited if Jesus never existed. The Romans would never have mentioned his crucification, the Jews who hated him would not have written about him etc., etc. Fact is that none of these are explainable by anything you have offered shows that you are very ignorant on the subject and gullible to atheist activists. I can understand people not believing the Bible to be true, but your claims are idiocy paramount.

Well on that point I will say this: If this world were run by Arabs, and they attested that Jesus existed and so on then this would be a fine point to make.

I am skeptical of this simply because you have to think about who is giving you this information.

For example, the first democracy existed in Africa and was continent-wide. How that skipped all my K-12 and college courses is beyond me, but after reading about it I asked some scholars in different fields about this and they confirmed it.

Certainly, when most speak of theology there is a bias tone to ideas other than their own even if they don't know what the hell they are talking about.

I posted the same poem elsewhere (in the end I say the Bible never says Jesus was perfect) and have been getting crucified electronically but no one has corrected me, nor provided a verse in which it says Jesus is perfect. They have not even used the "without sin" verse (forget where it is; some people offer this as a way to show perfection but without sin is subjective- blah blah blah). Therefore, they do not read the Bible so they do not know what they really follow; hence, idiocy.

After one girl admitted she never reads the Bible, she said this:

Girl: Do you believe in God?

Me: (Deciding not to explain in depth) Yes.

Girl: Some things you don't question.

Now this shows that she just does not use logic and has simply been taught by the church what to think rather than reading the book herself.

Rebuttals should have been swift and accurate. Instead all I'm getting is "I'm going to Hell" messages.

With this in mind, any evidence of Jesus given by a Christian dominated world is tainted to me. And yes, I'm skeptical of a lot of what history classes say because when I read books outside of a syllabus they offer information that never could be provided in a class because of the powers that be.

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
Cures them from what?

And I can't help but find it disturbing the only thing in the world that might deter some people from doing wrong is the belief in God.

After all we have seen plenty of examples of people doing what they "think" is right by God yet in fact doing wrong by any measure of common sense and human reason.

Could not agree with you more wholeheartedly about how ****ing frightening that is, seriously

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
Cures them from what?

And I can't help but find it disturbing the only thing in the world that might deter some people from doing wrong is the belief in God.

After all we have seen plenty of examples of people doing what they "think" is right by God yet in fact doing wrong by any measure of common sense and human reason.

That's insane people for you.

Originally posted by Imperial_Samura
Cures them from what?

And I can't help but find it disturbing the only thing in the world that might deter some people from doing wrong is the belief in God.

After all we have seen plenty of examples of people doing what they "think" is right by God yet in fact doing wrong by any measure of common sense and human reason.

👆

You don't see a billion atheist running around killing everyone 😉

Re: Is God and Jesus the same person?

Originally posted by Jackie Malfoy
I am aware acouse that some relions think they are the same while others don't!Which makes it very confusing to me.
So what do you think and what are your thoughts on this?Remember there is no right or wrong answear!JM 😕 😮
Jesus was a man in history, I believe, though I'm not really sure there is truly fact of it. Christ was a word of atonement or messiah. Messiah is what the Jews were waiting for. They would of been the ones to know this person, but rejected him. There is the belief that the Jews rejected him because it was not true, they being the authoritarians. As in historical datas shows, there is really no proof that Jesus was what we are told he was, nor the Messiah. The Jews understand this, yet the Christian church condemns them for this analysis.

Originally posted by Nellinator
The Talmud is not a Jewish scripture of the day. And it is readily available for you to do research. You have brushed off with a hand without any knowledge on the subject. Therefore, you are ignorant. It is not Christian proclaimed evidence I speak of at all. It is secular archeology. Roman documents are secular and have been found and are readily available to the public. The vast majority of scholarly opinion is against you on this one.

Second, you bringing up contradictions is off-topic, plus it is false and you still have yet to prove even one. If it were so obvious as you ignorantly claim you would quite easily provide one that stands scrutiny. I mean there must be some unexplainable gem to take down Christianity right? Apparently not = fail.

Third, the logic does not fail because they would have been quickly discredited if Jesus never existed. The Romans would never have mentioned his crucification, the Jews who hated him would not have written about him etc., etc. Fact is that none of these are explainable by anything you have offered shows that you are very ignorant on the subject and gullible to atheist activists. I can understand people not believing the Bible to be true, but your claims are idiocy paramount.

Also, I am rather qualified and apparently you have poor comprehension skills. Feceman was laughing at the idiocy of your statement. Feceman has previously showed evidence attesting to the existence of Christ. You have shown no evidence to the contrary. Thanks for playing that game because you lost.

Also, that is not the literal definition. Modern psychiatry requires that the belief is caused by illness. We call this pathological. An elementary modern psychology definition of delusion is a false belief that is maintained despite compelling evidence to the contrary. Since there is compelling evidence for the historical existence of Jesus and no evidence against it I believe you can do the math on who is suffering from a delusion.

Next, I am not sucking up to Feceman. You are simply being ignorant and fallacious. That is what I am addressing.

Lastly, none of the people you named are more qualified in matters of archeology. They are philosophers and their beliefs on the matter are rather immaterial. Furthermore, they had little to say on the subject so your point is moot.

if ignorance truly was bliss, youd be in heaven. arrogance on the other hand, keeps you in check here 😛 .

talmud is not a jewish scripture? perhaps not of the DAY{which has no significance in your reply} but it is a scrpture nonetheless and your wrong to claim that. i have jewish friend who has a copy of the talmud and we have had EXHAUSTIVE discussions with it open in front of us, therefore your claim of me not knowing the subject also goes to the dogs.

also, there was NO secular archeologu in this case. in so far as records go, all non christian are jewish. in so far as roman records go, the church officially accepts and refers to{hence destroying and/or letting the contrary ones fall of in the compiles of forgotten history} those which constantine/older church saw FIT to salvage from the ruins of the once great roman empire. therefore it is biased evidence. in so far as scholarly oppinion goes, surely you your referring only to CHRISTIAN scholarly oppinion. jews have more often than not tried to deny his existance.

those contradictions are off topic only to those who can not see the significance of trail of thought where one component affect another. you live in a psychological utopia, even where linguistics and semanticity is concerned. try not to take it out on others. those unexplainable gems are numerous, and hopefully ill get to a few later.

the later paragraph, i dealt with. as far as the POINTS concerned, there are numerous. like the practically NEGLIGIBLE percentage of historical records{when compared with the total archive of retrievable and non retrieveable records that we DO know existed} that mention A messiah's existance who was crucified. tell me, was there only ONE messiah who proclaimed divinity at the time?????/// and was only ONE rebel to the state who proclaimed divinity crucified by the tyrranical roman emporers?????? plus, IF you actually have knowledge of such recirds, surely you can quote ONE which records the messiah as JESUS CHRIST in writing????????? do we know what jesus's borth name was?????????? was jesus's birth name in greek????????????? tut tut tut, quite a few holes in the story rent there. TRULY idiocy paramount ! 😎 😎 😎 {forgot, theres no consensus and severe lack of evidence of jesus's birth date in non christian scriptures. another reason is that for the vast majority of his younger life, there are NO official records or stories}

as to your qualification, id best not comment. feceman on the other hand, was laughing after making a single statment that gave NO rebuttal or reply to my rather lengthy post. a qualified man like you shud understand that such relpies do not qualify as counter evidence. the previuos evidence he has shown has failed to convince the greater part of the non christian forum members of jesus's existance and has been countered more than once. ill assume that every1 here is an idiot then since a qualified person as YOURSELF is obviously infalliable.

thankyou for playing that game, because your not worth my time.

and my reply to that psycho babble is this. relegion{abrahamic, hinduistic} = pathology. feceman=taking the support of false belief.

false belief is caused by his relegion. hence its become even the clinical definition of dellusion.

as to the last paragraph. they are far more qualified in the said fields then you give credit for. bertrand russel was an associate physicist of einstien. a qualified mathematician. an avid reader of history AND archeology. a psychologist/sociologist, philosopher and OH so much more than any of the scholars you adhere to, can claim. he wasnt called the wisest man in brittian for no reason. read up. the others are equally impressive and that is only a few. and since were on the subject, much of archeology disproves the scriptues, so why are you referencing that again? 🙄

thank you for playing. 🤣

I'm curious to see the comeback

Originally posted by chithappens
I'm curious to see the comeback

im not. specially from a person who doesnt understand the meaning behind "HISTORICAL ""CHARACTER"" of JESUS". it implies more as a SINGLE PERSON, who is historically creditted for many of the acts, and attributes{even non biblical} that jesus is supposed to be attributed with.

in the post i was referring more to the CHARACTER of jesus, but he dragged on by trying to prove that "A" jesus did infact exist, to which there is still counter evidence.

sum1 started the revolution that produced the bibles etc, that much is certain, but was it one man, a man creditted with acts and attributes as he is? a man who's life there are chronological records fro? indeed a man NOT among the saints's emporers of old who could have merely dreamt up a supposed messiah and bible? THAT is the question to which i was referring.

and im not looking for the misshappen jumbled concoction of toned down insults, unbased ridicule and forgetfullness that i was presented with before. its a headache to answer.

Your attempts at personal attacks are lame. Lame because personal attacks can be well done, but yours are simply weak. Next, the Talmud is not scripture. Though it is considered very important to the Jews and considered a very accurate history and whatnot, it is not considered to be canonical at the same level as the Torah. Second, Jesus is mentioned in the Talmud. Now, it definitely does not support Him as a teacher and bashes him, but it is there.

Also, the Roman records are very secular and written well before Constantine. It is not biased and secular archeology agrees. The criterion of embarrassment trumps the idea that they are biased views. And the Jews rarely deny the existence of Jesus. That is a very outspoken minority, not the majority. They do not him as a prophet, but they rarely hold that he never existed.

Still off-topic eh? That's nice. Second, your use of the English has been laughable since your arrival and I'm sure that any attempt you make at discussing linguistics and semantics will continue the joke and bastardization of the language.

Next, we have a high amount of records of Jesus for someone living at that time. For Jesus starting starting out so small He has much written about Him. You asking for the Messiah being mentioned as Jesus Christ is best supported by the mentioning of Christians and the existence of Christus whom they worshiped. That makes it very clear that it is a reference to Jesus.

Most of your next points are truly non-points. Jesus's birth name was Hebrew, but that is of little importance to anything we are discussing. Second, not only is there little evidence for Jesus's birthday in non-Christian records, but there is also none in Christian records other than the general time period. Since the census is a well documented event it is not hard to figure it out.

The evidence for Jesus's existence has not been countered and attempts at it are rather laughable. Now I will speculate that you got no response because your argument is lacking in support other than rambling rhetoric, your atrocious grammar, punctuation and spelling, coupled with Feceman getting tired of these ridiculous recycled arguments that float around as certain people feel better with the delusion that Jesus was not a historical person. Next, the greater portion of the non-Christian part of this forum does not agree with you. Most agree that Jesus was a historical person, they simply deny His divinity. Shaky, debbiejo, Kali, Alliance, etc. all seem to agree that He was real.

I have never held that everyone here is an idiot. I believe there are several intelligent, critically thinking non-Christians and Christians here. I simply do not believe you fall in that category. I am quite fallible, but you are moreso which is why I laugh at nearly all your arguments.

Your dislike for religion is basically ignorance as far as psychology is concerned. Psychology sees many advantages to religion and has supported it with studies. Psychology and psychiatry do not consider religion to be pathological in anyway. If there is a false belief it is likely not due to illness and, therefore, not pathological. Therefore, you should stick to terms that you understand fully and actually apply to the situation.

And finally, I am well aware of Russel's qualifications. However, I do not respect the man or consider him a valuable role model for anyone. His morality was rather questionable and his opinion on archeology is immaterial to that of true archaeologists which is what my point was and still is. Russel is not a valuable source in any argument on archeology. Next, you have no idea what scholars I use for sources, so your argument is out of ignorance. Finally, none of the people you mentioned are valuable as source in this argument so you'd do better to look elsewhere. I'll even admit that there are credible archaeologists that agree with you, none of the people you mentioned are worth your time though.

And archeology is consistently supporting the Bible. You seem to argue from one side. Perhaps you should read the apologetics before you try and attack things that way above you.

Originally posted by Nellinator
The evidence for Jesus's existence has not been countered and attempts at it are rather laughable. Now I will speculate that you got no response because your argument is lacking in support other than rambling rhetoric, your atrocious grammar, punctuation and spelling, coupled with Feceman getting tired of these ridiculous recycled arguments that float around as certain people feel better with the delusion that Jesus was not a historical person. Next, the greater portion of the non-Christian part of this forum does not agree with you. Most agree that Jesus was a historical person, they simply deny His divinity. Shaky, debbiejo, Kali, Alliance, etc. all seem to agree that He was real.

For one to deny that Jesus existed is false. Jesus was a roman criminal, and there are records of his arrest and rebellion. Anyone who isn't aware should just do thier research.

Originally posted by Nellinator
I have never held that everyone here is an idiot. I believe there are several intelligent, critically thinking non-Christians and Christians here. I simply do not believe you fall in that category. I am quite fallible, but you are moreso which is why I laugh at nearly all your arguments.

Leom, like myself is very sensitive, and has a pent up anger towards Christianity, atleast where the mainstream is concerned.

I have learned to let go of my anger, realizing that there are many good Christians out there, who do not aim to oppress others or enforce thier views and lifestyles upon others.

However, I do not find his anger unjustified as Christianity has centuries of blood and crime on its resume, and has a lot to answer for. If you cannot take someone critisizing your religion, then don't sign on to these forums, or any forums for that matter.

I think it is the way he speaks that is the problem, not the fact that he critisizes Christianity.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Your dislike for religion is basically ignorance as far as psychology is concerned. Psychology sees many advantages to religion and has supported it with studies. Psychology and psychiatry do not consider religion to be pathological in anyway. If there is a false belief it is likely not due to illness and, therefore, not pathological. Therefore, you should stick to terms that you understand fully and actually apply to the situation.

Religion gives one discipline, and Psychology does not favor Christianity, or any one religion in particular..just religion period, as a source of discipline, motivation, enlightment, and trust.

Whoever said Religion is some form of mental impairment needs to wake up. Just because a lot of mentally insecure people adhere to religion, does not make religion itself the mental issue.

Originally posted by Goddess Kali
For one to deny that Jesus existed is false. Jesus was a roman criminal, and there are records of his arrest and rebellion. Anyone who isn't aware should just do thier research.

Leom, like myself is very sensitive, and has a pent up anger towards Christianity, atleast where the mainstream is concerned.

I have learned to let go of my anger, realizing that there are many good Christians out there, who do not aim to oppress others or enforce thier views and lifestyles upon others.

However, I do not find his anger unjustified as Christianity has centuries of blood and crime on its resume, and has a lot to answer for. If you cannot take someone critisizing your religion, then don't sign on to these forums, or any forums for that matter.

I think it is the way he speaks that is the problem, not the fact that he critisizes Christianity.

Religion gives one discipline, and Psychology does not favor Christianity, or any one religion in particular..just religion period, as a source of discipline, motivation, enlightment, and trust.

Whoever said Religion is some form of mental impairment needs to wake up. Just because a lot of mentally insecure people adhere to religion, does not make religion itself the mental issue.

Agreed.

Although there may be a lot of dark history for the Christian faith, we individuals are not responsible for it. I do not feel responsible for it and I shouldn't. We simply need to show people that we disagree with those actions through our own actions. Which I hope I can do. And you know full well that I can take criticisms of Christianity and have done it for a long time. Sometimes, things need to clarified though so that other people don't start running off with false discriminatory views of Christianity, or any other religion for that matter.

And you are right, the way he says things is part of the problem (moreso my problem than his, admittedly), but the criticisms are slightly annoying as well.

I never singled out Christianity 😉. But I'm glad you agree with me.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Agreed.

Although there may be a lot of dark history for the Christian faith, we individuals are not responsible for it. I do not feel responsible for it and I shouldn't. We simply need to show people that we disagree with those actions through our own actions. Which I hope I can do. And you know full well that I can take criticisms of Christianity and have done it for a long time. Sometimes, things need to clarified though so that other people don't start running off with false discriminatory views of Christianity, or any other religion for that matter.

And you are right, the way he says things is part of the problem (moreso my problem than his, admittedly), but the criticisms are slightly annoying as well.

I never singled out Christianity 😉. But I'm glad you agree with me.

You should not feel responsible for what evil people have done in the past. However, the problem is that the Christian god is all knowing and all loving. If the Christian god is better then any other god, then the past evils of Christianity is a valid point to show that this claim is false.

The thing is that the events should not be a reflection on God because they were not of God, nor were they condoned by God, nor is it fitting with the accomplishments of Christ.

Originally posted by Nellinator
The thing is that the events should not be a reflection on God because they were not of God, nor were they condoned by God, nor is it fitting with the accomplishments of Christ.

If you allow someone to live in your house and wreck it, it is ultimately your fault.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Although there may be a lot of dark history for the Christian faith, we individuals are not responsible for it.

I am not responsible for the evils of Adam and Eve, or anyone else either. If God is to send me to Hell because I was not convinced of his existance, and clump me with all the other "sinners", then he is holding me responsible for the evils of other people, none of which I am responsible for.

I have not done anything to warrant torture or destruction. I have never killed, tortured, raped, molested, or attacked anyone my entire life. The worst I have ever done to anyone was either insult, laugh at, or lie to.

I do not beleive that insulting someone, laughing at someone, or lying to someone merits an eternity of "hellfire and brimstone" or an eternity of misery of any kind.

That is the logical problem that Christianity poses. Severity in punishment for virtually no reason.

Originally posted by Nellinator
I do not feel responsible for it and I shouldn't.

I do not feel responsible for the sins of Adam and Eve, and I shouldn't.

Originally posted by Nellinator
We simply need to show people that we disagree with those actions through our own actions. Which I hope I can do. And you know full well that I can take criticisms of Christianity and have done it for a long time.

When you do things like vote against Gay Marriage, you are supporting people like Pat Robertson and Shirley Phelps Roper, further empowering thier agendas.

When you try to excuse the Christians of the past for thier horrid crimes against other human beings (and animals), you are demeaning the suffering of all those people under thier corruption.

If you want to prove the validity and compassion of your Faith, do it through means of enabling those in need, not through means of disabling those who don't ask for your interference.

If you truly beleive in God, his Love and his Grace, then you must show it through your works, not your words. To come here preaching to us about how your religion is right, and ours is wrong, will do nothing. I doubt you converted anybody so far. And even if you have, motivation was most likely fear of Hell, rather than compassion for others.

Help those in need..help those who come to you, and help those who can't. Help those who are starving, contribute your time and money to foundations bent on fighting disease and poverty.

Or be like the other Far Right Conservatives who want to blame AIDS on Gays seeing it as thier own punishment. Or blaming the poor for thier own poverty, alleviating yourself of any duty to your fellow neighbor.

I am not attacking you. I am attacking Christianity in general. I am asking Christians to stop being hypocrites, and be who they claim they are.

Originally posted by Nellinator
Sometimes, things need to clarified though so that other people don't start running off with false discriminatory views of Christianity, or any other religion for that matter.

What false discriminatory views of Christianity do you speak of ?

Christianity has been the power behind massive suffering, oppression, mass murder, and torture for centuries. I beleive that I, as well as any other thinking person, has the absolute right to question and/or critisize Christianity for it.

Originally posted by Nellinator
And you are right, the way he says things is part of the problem (moreso my problem than his, admittedly), but the criticisms are slightly annoying as well.

Like I said before, if you cannot handle criticisms of your religion, then don't apply to religion forums, because you will always see them.

Christianity has a lot to answer for, and that's what you don't realize. It has done good, yes, but it has also done evil. Mass suffering, murder, and torture have come from the governmentalizing and socialization of Christianity, and to deny that is false.

Even today masses of people feel discriminated or oppressed by the forces of Christianity, even other Christians.

I personally do not care how offended you get when someone bashes Christianity. When Christianity is no longer a hypocritical oppressive political business, more people will being to respect it.

Originally posted by Nellinator
I never singled out Christianity 😉. But I'm glad you agree with me.

I see a difference between Faith and Religion. Faith is your own personal beleif which can harm no one. Religion is the practice lead by a series of idealogies and perspectives, which can do harm, but can also do good.

"Your attempts at personal attacks are lame. Lame because personal attacks can be well done, but yours are simply weak. Next, the Talmud is not scripture. Though it is considered very important to the Jews and considered a very accurate history and whatnot, it is not considered to be canonical at the same level as the Torah. Second, Jesus is mentioned in the Talmud. Now, it definitely does not support Him as a teacher and bashes him, but it is there."

aye aye ayeeeee. have you READ his bashing in the talmud. is he SINGLED OUT as a SPECIAL messiah, worthy of more bashing than any other "false prophet"???? enlighten me, how specifically does the talmud refer to jesus's character? what name does it use for jesus? how many others does it use similar names for??

also, can you verify that those parts of the talmud were written at the exact time that yeshua was supposed to walk the earth preaching? do you even know how fragmented the talmud is? i shall elaborate with an example. dante described muhammad{the muslim prophet} to be in one of the hells in his poem the inferno for being a false prophet. should i take that as evidence for the existance of muhammad????

neither the torah nor the talmud have the historical authenticity you attribute to them. consistantly their accounts of history have been proven inaccurate/forgeries/wrong. i understand that due to your belief and the scritures supporting your belief in your mind, you consider them canonical, but that is due to faith. there is a reason most historians do not refer to the bible and the torah/old testament, to study history. it is because time and again, both have been proven WRONG. and it would be much appreciated if you didnt toss around your beliefs as facts. despite what you might think, i have nothing personal against you. its just your unchecked self confidence and feeling of superioty that takes your arguments into disconneced obscurities.

{btw, it is a little ironic that your accusing another of personal attacks when your own posts are rife with constant reminders of your superiority complex. }

"Also, the Roman records are very secular and written well before Constantine. It is not biased and secular archeology agrees. The criterion of embarrassment trumps the idea that they are biased views. And the Jews rarely deny the existence of Jesus. That is a very outspoken minority, not the majority. They do not him as a prophet, but they rarely hold that he never existed."

the roman records are as secular{in perspective to christianity} as christian crusade records are secular in perspective to muslim history. the jews OFTEN deny his existance, its just that that sort of thing isnt hyped on the news due to the need of israel to be fiendly with its catholic/protestant neighbours and america in its current time of war against palestine. go to jerusalem and ask a whole buncha peole. i think over 90% will deny the existance of jesus.

"Still off-topic eh? That's nice. Second, your use of the English has been laughable since your arrival and I'm sure that any attempt you make at discussing linguistics and semantics will continue the joke and bastardization of the language."

lol, i think in the beginning of your posts you were saying sumthing about personal attacks 🙄 . tell me, is it insecurity or elation that makes you spew out such illogical/deluded/self satisfying junk because i really am at loss to figuring that one out.

"Next, we have a high amount of records of Jesus for someone living at that time. For Jesus starting starting out so small He has much written about Him. You asking for the Messiah being mentioned as Jesus Christ is best supported by the mentioning of Christians and the existence of Christus whom they worshiped. That makes it very clear that it is a reference to Jesus."

is thatt why his birthdate is unknow? is that why there are no records of his father?{SURELY an infant claimed to be born without a father would be the staging point onf much interest at a time of mysticism. yet there are no records of his early life before preaching, get what im saying here?}. and re read your posted paragraph. where is the backing of the rather vague and extrapulant claim? ang again, isnt this all from selected christian literature or non christian literature endorsed by the church? truly unbiased 😂 . honestly, im not the one drawing bizzarely accurate{and predictable} conclusions from hazy unrelated segmented evidence here.

"Most of your next points are truly non-points. Jesus's birth name was Hebrew, but that is of little importance to anything we are discussing. Second, not only is there little evidence for Jesus's birthday in non-Christian records, but there is also none in Christian records other than the general time period. Since the census is a well documented event it is not hard to figure it out."

and what is your implication here? jesus's true name{which we do not know} is present in an official census{that no1 authentic endorses}, and can be taken as evidence for his existance???? lol. cmon, just in the beginning there you were saying sumthing about "non-points". 😎

"The evidence for Jesus's existence has not been countered and attempts at it are rather laughable. Now I will speculate that you got no response because your argument is lacking in support other than rambling rhetoric, your atrocious grammar, punctuation and spelling, coupled with Feceman getting tired of these ridiculous recycled arguments that float around as certain people feel better with the delusion that Jesus was not a historical person. Next, the greater portion of the non-Christian part of this forum does not agree with you. Most agree that Jesus was a historical person, they simply deny His divinity. Shaky, debbiejo, Kali, Alliance, etc. all seem to agree that He was real."

when a person states in the opening sentence that "attempts at it are rather laughable" you "know" its his faith speaking as no logical person would claim such a thing even about an accepted theory. let alone shaky hypothesis which you are trying to defend. and apparently you werent reading, or {DARE one presume for such an educated man as yourself} do not understand the rules of english language {which discussion with me, would lead to the BASTARDISATION of the language} as any person who can keep a coeherent trail of thought and understands linguistics and semanticity, would be able to tell that practically ever reply ive given was a RESPONSE.

and just to recap, i didnt say he did not exist per se{that was you, who started the discussion} i said the historical "CHARACTER" of jesus "probably" never existed. and then you went on to say that "A" possible jesus always existed toi which there is still a lot of doubt.
and theres that thing with insults again. your messages always seem to be 2 part insult mixed with one part of unsupported claims. and additional .5 part of insult to ice the paragraph at the end. really what is it that you hop to achive with this.

and then you go on to critique my SARCASM as a reply to those insults. very "christian" of you 🙂 . and please use common sense. i wanst referring to the non christian denying his existance. i was referring to the fact that they disagree with you on practically every{or most either way} topics you post, or post in. it was merely pun at you INFALLIABILITY. oh yea, your misunderstanding is probablythe fault of my "atrocius grammer" as opposed to your lack of imagination isnt it 🙄 .

"I have never held that everyone here is an idiot. I believe there are several intelligent, critically thinking non-Christians and Christians here. I simply do not believe you fall in that category. I am quite fallible, but you are moreso which is why I laugh at nearly all your arguments."

whose being an apologetic now. you have called people idiots/idiotic in the past. more than once. now, merely to single me out{at this place and point of time}, your trying to sound open minded and reasonable. ohhh nice devious tactic. i LIKE IT 😈 . and well on thing is true in that post, you laugh at all mu arguments, on the other hand, many of the people you mentioned dont laugh at most{if any} of my arguemnts. quite the contrary. now is that discrepent with your claim or WHAT? 😄

"Your dislike for religion is basically ignorance as far as psychology is concerned. Psychology sees many advantages to religion and has supported it with studies. Psychology and psychiatry do not consider religion to be pathological in anyway. If there is a false belief it is likely not due to illness and, therefore, not pathological. Therefore, you should stick to terms that you understand fully and actually apply to the situation."

yes yes yes. the only reason psychology doesnt consider abrahamic relegions ad pathologicla is because THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE WORLD HAS THEM! if you categorise it like that the greater majority of people would be mentally sick. this has always been debated bu agnostic/atheistic philosophers/psychologists. and the consensus seems to be that it is an evil which must continue as theres no way to rid man of it. in the same perspective much of the philosophy and mindset of the third reich/aryan brotherhood/KKK was also not considered pathological.

but is that evidence for its NORMALCY???????? 🙁 . on the other hand satanic rituals and many fetishes ARE considered pathological. simply because they are vastly different form the NORM. it has more to do with deviance than biological abnormalcy{WHICH is what pathology SHOULD be about}. you know im starting to think post buy post, that your not at ALL aware with the subjct of psychology, even though i never claimed to be an expert.

"And finally, I am well aware of Russel's qualifications. However, I do not respect the man or consider him a valuable role model for anyone. His morality was rather questionable and his opinion on archeology is immaterial to that of true archaeologists which is what my point was and still is. Russel is not a valuable source in any argument on archeology. Next, you have no idea what scholars I use for sources, so your argument is out of ignorance. Finally, none of the people you mentioned are valuable as source in this argument so you'd do better to look elsewhere. I'll even admit that there are credible archaeologists that agree with you, none of the people you mentioned are worth your time though."

no you are not. youve simply absorbed the oppinion of relegiously biased teachers and professors/autors on the subject and read{MAYBE} a few of his books with the interpretive bias at the back of your mind. otherwise it isnt possibl to NOT respect him. see the reason i say this is because if you actually READ his works without that bias, you wudnt be making the ridiculous claim about questionability of his MORALITY. obviously you know nothing of his stand on morality.

in so far as archeological history goes. itll suffice to say that you are VERY wrong, and very much out of it. since it is not merely archeology {in which they were fully versed at the time} but simply history which is recorded and preserved from that time on{not requiring exploration/digginf etc}.

"And archeology is consistently supporting the Bible. You seem to argue from one side. Perhaps you should read the apologetics before you try and attack things that way above you. "

😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 😆 . im srry i cudnt resist. i find it hard to conceptualise a situation where i can possibly debate with a person so unwilling to look at reality.

again, READ my post on the meaning behind jesus's CHARACTER before you attemp any new ambitious smeer campaign.

cheers. 😄