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A completely useless exercise. Mossman - 18/04/2004 03:30:34 PM

Even if there were contemporary documents demonstrating his existence, they wouldn't be proof of his divinity. (Frankly, even if such documents existed, detractors would question their authenticity as blindly as supporters would proclaim their authenticity).

Even if one could go back in a time machine and watch him heal someone, it would be met with the same skepticism as one of those TV preacher/healer/evangelist guys receives.("It's the placebo effect...the human mind is a powerful thing...&quot A witness to the resurrection would likely argue that he wasn't really dead when they took him down off the cross, or chalk it up to an unexplained phenomena.

Those who are going to believe are going to believe. Those who are determined not to believe are not going to, save a personal religious experience, like Paul. Look at how many people don't believe that the Holocaust really happened, despite eyewitness accounts, written records, and photographic records. Skepticism isn't anything special. It's merely the flip side of blind faith.


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Evidence apart from the Bible of Jesus snoopster - 17/04/2004 10:11:22 AM 503 Views
Why? tehanu - 17/04/2004 10:39:29 AM 61 Views
Pays to know your competition snoopster - 17/04/2004 10:41:02 AM 1 Views
*shakes head sadly* wads - 17/04/2004 10:41:15 AM 1 Views
I blame that pom tehanu - 17/04/2004 11:12:30 AM 1 Views
I've posted twenty odd sources to get you started. Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 11:38:02 AM 89 Views
I'm impressed. ~adds to favorites so as to hunt sources later~ *NM* bcondray - 17/04/2004 11:46:10 AM 1 Views
(Blank subject) SynEve - 17/04/2004 12:09:24 PM 59 Views
It really should read Jesus of the Bible as the Bible is not chorabliss - 17/04/2004 01:07:26 PM 54 Views
Your sources are misleading... The Voice of Lews Therin - 17/04/2004 01:23:14 PM 1 Views
Thank you snoopster - 17/04/2004 01:39:48 PM 1 Views
Thanks *NM* snoopster - 17/04/2004 01:40:12 PM 1 Views
Thanks snoopster - 17/04/2004 01:41:14 PM 1 Views
Actually, I just missed out my commas snoopster - 17/04/2004 01:46:03 PM 1 Views
There are no contemporary, non-Christian records whatsoever The Voice of Lews Therin - 17/04/2004 02:08:14 PM 1 Views
Tacitus wrote at 100 AD--almost certainly just repeating a story. The Logic Ninja - 17/04/2004 03:38:02 PM 1 Views
There are none from his time. chorabliss - 17/04/2004 03:41:46 PM 1 Views
Especialyl when you consider The Logic Ninja - 17/04/2004 03:46:12 PM 1 Views
You're so... English. SynEve - 17/04/2004 05:52:33 PM 1 Views
Meh. SynEve - 17/04/2004 06:05:30 PM 1 Views
Sans those details, what do you have? The Logic Ninja - 17/04/2004 06:12:41 PM 1 Views
Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 07:15:33 PM 1 Views
True enough Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 07:18:04 PM 1 Views
Re: Your sources are misleading... Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 07:23:44 PM 1 Views
But contemporary info is what's important. The Logic Ninja - 17/04/2004 07:42:46 PM 1 Views
You haven't the slightest clue what you are talking about Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 07:55:47 PM 1 Views
and your dumb ass opinion flies in the face of every historical Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 08:08:50 PM 1 Views
He asked for outside sources... The Voice of Lews Therin - 17/04/2004 08:17:03 PM 1 Views
Well, not EVERYONE... The Voice of Lews Therin - 17/04/2004 08:25:15 PM 1 Views
Thanks for the unsubstantiated insults. The Logic Ninja - 17/04/2004 08:25:58 PM 1 Views
Fair enough, not literally "everyone." *NM* Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 08:27:17 PM 1 Views
They are simply truths Weiramon Wine - 17/04/2004 08:31:34 PM 1 Views
Let's put it this way: The Logic Ninja - 17/04/2004 08:35:30 PM 1 Views
josefis wotadiction - 17/04/2004 09:17:43 PM 22 Views
Josephus... The Logic Ninja - 17/04/2004 09:21:30 PM 1 Views
Is it that time of the month? (yes you profile says male) chorabliss - 17/04/2004 10:21:30 PM 1 Views
Furthermore here is a link that shows my statement chorabliss - 17/04/2004 10:23:28 PM 1 Views
Furthermore why the hostility to a statement? chorabliss - 17/04/2004 10:24:49 PM 1 Views
Furthermore I must state youre a spent condom. chorabliss - 17/04/2004 10:25:12 PM 1 Views
Well, it is not a belief that appears to be held by mainstream Monotonous Mantra - 17/04/2004 11:03:24 PM 1 Views
Of course 18th century chorabliss - 17/04/2004 11:14:24 PM 1 Views
f*ck you're an idiot wads - 17/04/2004 11:47:37 PM 1 Views
You have done academic work for a journal edited chorabliss - 17/04/2004 11:57:06 PM 1 Views
Never mind. *NM* Monotonous Mantra - 18/04/2004 12:05:37 AM 1 Views
My speciality was 1500-1900 years after 30 CE/AD, but... Dylanfanatic - 18/04/2004 12:53:02 AM 45 Views
It does make sense (edit) Monotonous Mantra - 18/04/2004 12:55:20 AM 1 Views
so many edits *NM* Chorabliss - 18/04/2004 01:05:18 AM 1 Views
On account of the debate regarding the 'historicity of Jesus' Monotonous Mantra - 18/04/2004 01:41:10 AM 31 Views
Well...yes. *NM* Monotonous Mantra - 18/04/2004 01:42:33 AM 1 Views
Re: You have done academic work for a journal edited Weiramon Wine - 18/04/2004 08:57:13 AM 1 Views
Re: Let's put it this way: Weiramon Wine - 18/04/2004 09:05:50 AM 1 Views
Re: f*ck you're an idiot Weiramon Wine - 18/04/2004 09:08:41 AM 1 Views
What you wrote makes lots of sense. *NM* Weiramon Wine - 18/04/2004 09:11:02 AM 1 Views
Re: He asked for outside sources... Weiramon Wine - 18/04/2004 09:24:39 AM 1 Views
I actually thought WW was reasoned and made good points. p hart - 18/04/2004 09:32:13 AM 1 Views
Dear Weirmon and Logic Ninja, may I interuppt this a moment? Tashmere - 18/04/2004 12:48:31 PM 1 Views
Very nice. ~applauds~ *NM* bcondray - 18/04/2004 03:03:50 PM 1 Views
I can't draw a conclusion without a PhD? The Voice of Lews Therin - 18/04/2004 03:12:38 PM 1 Views
A completely useless exercise. Mossman - 18/04/2004 03:30:34 PM 35 Views
Melodrama does not suit you. Try being less flamboyant. *NM* chorabliss - 18/04/2004 04:54:14 PM 1 Views
Youre a moron. *NM* chorabliss - 18/04/2004 04:55:24 PM 1 Views
Youre the one who began with the insults. Remember that. chorabliss - 18/04/2004 04:56:23 PM 1 Views
No wonder the Scottish lost to the English. chorabliss - 18/04/2004 04:58:13 PM 1 Views
Ignorant? chorabliss - 18/04/2004 04:59:22 PM 1 Views
Obviously all the intelligent Scots immigrated to the US *NM* chorabliss - 18/04/2004 05:00:18 PM 1 Views
do you understand the meaning of the word may? wads - 18/04/2004 05:05:21 PM 1 Views
Not all historians chorabliss - 18/04/2004 05:10:16 PM 1 Views
here's why you are an idiot wads - 18/04/2004 05:14:05 PM 1 Views
Thing is... The Logic Ninja - 18/04/2004 06:25:05 PM 1 Views
You were not insulting. Chorabliss - 18/04/2004 06:49:01 PM 1 Views
You are leaning towards racism, here. Monotonous Mantra - 18/04/2004 06:53:23 PM 1 Views
Oh, you were plenty insulting. The Logic Ninja - 18/04/2004 07:06:38 PM 1 Views
An insult for an insult. Chorabliss - 18/04/2004 07:13:33 PM 1 Views
Leave now. Chorabliss - 18/04/2004 07:14:27 PM 1 Views
The statement linked his intelligence to race Monotonous Mantra - 18/04/2004 07:22:23 PM 1 Views
That's a pretty pointless approach. The Logic Ninja - 18/04/2004 07:39:46 PM 1 Views
I see it as creating balance within the world. *NM* Chorabliss - 18/04/2004 11:11:34 PM 1 Views
He is the same race as me - white. Chorabliss - 18/04/2004 11:13:52 PM 1 Views
That's a minor technicality Monotonous Mantra - 18/04/2004 11:48:54 PM 1 Views
I have tried to be patient with you chorabliss - 19/04/2004 01:16:44 AM 1 Views
By all means, tolerate Monotonous Mantra - 19/04/2004 02:02:25 AM 1 Views
Thank you snoopster - 19/04/2004 05:10:09 AM 1 Views
I hate to say it snoopster - 19/04/2004 05:19:59 AM 1 Views
Don't be a complete moron snoopster - 19/04/2004 05:21:38 AM 1 Views
Not for me it isn't snoopster - 19/04/2004 05:34:44 AM 1 Views
He has greatly influenced history snoopster - 19/04/2004 05:36:11 AM 1 Views
Some source are certainly stronger than others Weiramon Wine - 19/04/2004 08:29:49 AM 1 Views
Not threatened at all by the possibility Weiramon Wine - 19/04/2004 08:35:33 AM 1 Views
*Takes counsel to heart* Weiramon Wine - 19/04/2004 08:39:16 AM 1 Views
Re: Thing is... Tashmere - 19/04/2004 11:31:27 AM 1 Views
I would have just noteboarded it, but it wasn't meant for just you Tashmere - 19/04/2004 11:35:07 AM 1 Views
lol p hart - 19/04/2004 01:06:56 PM 1 Views
lol *NM* p hart - 19/04/2004 01:07:40 PM 1 Views
Re: Yeah... The Logic Ninja - 19/04/2004 01:08:43 PM 1 Views
I dont see it as racism,but who says im white? p hart - 19/04/2004 01:10:54 PM 1 Views
I appreciate what your doing, but as i said in a previous post p hart - 19/04/2004 01:17:50 PM 1 Views
... p hart - 19/04/2004 01:39:43 PM 1 Views
Hardly p hart - 19/04/2004 01:47:10 PM 1 Views
Your friend is going to lose that argument The Voice of Lews Therin - 19/04/2004 03:57:05 PM 1 Views
you're in the wrong here wads - 19/04/2004 08:27:42 PM 1 Views
oh dear wads - 19/04/2004 08:32:55 PM 1 Views
perhaps wads - 19/04/2004 08:35:17 PM 1 Views
A good point, for the sake of the knowledge itself Monotonous Mantra - 19/04/2004 09:48:46 PM 1 Views
Well, it does not have so much do with you as to Monotonous Mantra - 19/04/2004 09:50:04 PM 1 Views
I was 99% sure he was going to, but I like to check this kinda thing snoopster - 20/04/2004 05:48:51 AM 1 Views
that's not how it looks to me snoopster - 20/04/2004 05:51:31 AM 1 Views
Fair enough *NM* p hart - 20/04/2004 11:56:04 AM 1 Views
I never responded to chora.. p hart - 20/04/2004 12:00:18 PM 1 Views
Ok... p hart - 20/04/2004 12:11:10 PM 1 Views
Re: that's not how it looks to me p hart - 20/04/2004 12:16:58 PM 1 Views
yes oh dear. p hart - 20/04/2004 01:44:42 PM 1 Views
basically wads - 20/04/2004 09:12:52 PM 1 Views
you are wrong wads - 20/04/2004 09:15:27 PM 1 Views
your bias wads - 20/04/2004 09:28:49 PM 1 Views
Ok im not too keen on this going on further. p hart - 21/04/2004 10:33:52 AM 1 Views
Re: basically p hart - 21/04/2004 10:43:31 AM 1 Views
Re: your bias p hart - 21/04/2004 10:48:39 AM 1 Views
you're pathetic wads - 21/04/2004 07:00:30 PM 1 Views
that's because you're in the wrong wads - 21/04/2004 07:04:50 PM 1 Views
I used to respect your opinion Durandir - 22/04/2004 12:12:12 AM 1 Views
You are a pinnacle of academic professionalism and reason Durandir - 22/04/2004 12:14:07 AM 1 Views
Headline: Wannabe Academic Throws Hissy Fit *NM* Durandir - 22/04/2004 12:18:07 AM 1 Views
Hardly. p hart - 22/04/2004 09:55:35 AM 1 Views
Would you want me to lie? p hart - 22/04/2004 09:58:14 AM 1 Views
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