Deal.
My statement is actually: the probability that the Jesus as described in the New Testament and the Koran physically existed is extremely low, given that there is no compelling evidence.
Correct. Again. Will you repeat this over an over?
That is entirely possible. Prove it and I will learn from what you write.
Oh boy! Yes, like I have now stated I don't know how many times, yes, the paragraph known as TF is totally fake.
I don't guess or speculate. So the answer is: I don't...
And I don't understand how anyone would believe anything without evidence.
If I say, "I can fly", would you believe me without evidence? No, of course not.
So until someone presents compelling evidence for the existence of someone I will suspend belief. Easy.
No, it is not. Physics has not...
There is no water without processing coming from the well. If you go to the page of the "Zamzam Studies and Research Centre" they show you what they do and how they store the water.
Sure, which is why I had enough of this discussion a few years back and went and gathered all available information and analysed. This very clearly showed Josephus had no clue a miracle Jesus existed. You can see when the TF first appeared and that the contents, format, syntax, grammar and style...
I don't know where you get that from.
So why not tell me which and why?
Maybe that's hard to imagine for some, but yes, that's what I require.
I am not shouting at anyone, I am voicing my opinion.
And? Does that change the evidence required for a claim? No!
Because I don't have to. That's...
Really? Come on, ZamZam comes from a well fed by water accumulated in the mountains nearby. Nothing special.
The quality is hazardous for your health, due to the elevated arsenic contents.
http://www.iccservices.org.uk/pdf/ENF-E-10-029%20Sales%20of%20water%20labelled%20as%20Zam%20Zam.pdf
So...
Of course it is. Anyone who has actually read the text can clearly see and understand it. Do you really require an explanation for something this obvious?
And what if this were authentic? Then what? You have one (1) text on the entire planet throughout history that mentions a Jesus and his...
Oh boy, the same topic comes up every few years, the alleged evidence is shown to be irrelevant and everything repeats itself.
Then we get the die-hards who fight claws and nails about every little detail and word, as though this would provide the compelling evidence that these people really...
This topic has been discussed to death and there are still people who are "confused". Why?
A human being is born without knowing a language, a god or how to drive a car. All this is picked up while growing up.
Society and culture in a region teaches a growing child a language, a god and how to...
If that makes you feel better, who am I to argue? I disagree but don't care enough to argue.
It's not a god. That was my claim. Not "spirits" or "religious beliefs". Gods.
Sorry, I disagree. Completely.
I think it's rarely the case and when society has no gods and not even a word for a god this is definitely not the case. (see the Piraha and Everett)
A common misconception. It's a big misnomer and holds no truth. It's just bad propaganda. There's a company in the UK called "1001 INVENTIONS" which is peddling these lies and deceptions all over the planet, trying to indoctrinate kids with this.
Sadly, it did not. Islam is the opposite...