nash8
Da man, when I walk thru!
They refer to him as their 'beloved St. Issa'. So if Issa is only a great friend and spiritual teacher, why wouldn't anyone believe the Buddhist monks when they say that he was a visitor to their monastery for some years, and even returned there after being crucified?
Maybe because the monks themselves denied any document like said even existing.
We will get to the reasons why the scrolls have not been revealed to the world, and only to a handful of visitors in awhile.
Why they have not been revealed to anyone besides Notovitch would be even better. You still have not definitively answered my question as to why this was such in the first thread. Although I agree with your reasoning as to why, I still don't see it that Buddhist's would bold face lie to someone about it. Kind of hurts their credibility, even if it was for "benevolent" means.
There is as much evidence that Jesus visited the east as there is evidence of a historical Jesus at all. Why would someone believe in some words written on paper about Jesus but not believe in other words written on paper about Jesus? If you agree with whats written then you will believe it. If you do not agree with whats written then you won't believe it. Belief in unfactual or unprovable things are in the mind of the beholder.
Oh you mean, the most textually attested figure in antiquity? What figure in antiquity is more likely to exist than Jesus? I don't think there's nearly as much evidence for his existence as their is for his travels to the east.
There is nothing factual or provable in my opinion, so therefore that would make belief in everything in the mind of the beholder.
Not true. :slap:
We know Paul started writing early within decades and the gospels early as well, 35
ish years after his death.
issa scrolls are probably fiction according to a almost unanimous consensus for scholars. There is no comparison.
The gospels were collections of oral and written sources compiled by a single author or group of authors.
Not a Russian caught in a lie.
You have still yet to answer why others were shown and confirmed the existence of the scrolls in relatively modern human history.
The other thing I find odd is that one of the refutations for the plausibility of these documents is that, "The monks at Hemis heard stories of the Notovitch story, and promoted it in order to gain popularity". I believe this was an essay by Price on the subject. I listed it in the other thread, I'll see if I can find it again.
Any evidences for jesus existed?
Only the largest amount of textual attestation in antiquity. I guess that doesn't count because it's "The Word of Gawd".
OP, do you think Jesus returned every year to obey the yearly festivals or do you think Jesus wasn't fully compliant with Jewish law at the time?
It seems to me that Jesus was outwardly opposed to the Jewish law of the time. The Pharisees and the Sadducees were the keepers of the law at the time, and it doesn't seem as though he had a fond opinion towards them at all.