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~Lord Roghen~ said:actually no
jeffrey said:Rob, interesting and eye opening post. But a few questions. If Paul created Christianity, then the gospels where forged by him also? And what would be the purpose of him doing so? Was he not well to do, then with this new religion, cost him his life?
robtex said:lly mapped, even just a few of his years, than Jesus should have connected to James. Also I have heard claims that the city of Nazareth came into being in 100-150 ad. Anybody have verification on when Nazareth became a town?
why not read it yourself, prof?ProfLogic said:I also talked to people who read the koran
Divine said:isn't it possible that the man lived, but the myth around him was invented and borrowed from other traditions (which it in all honesty most probably was)?
~Lord Roghen~ said:actually no
robtex said:I don't know if you could have evidence that someone did not exist.
robtex said:2) Paul made the story up.
beckysoup61 said:The LDS Church believes it was on the 6th of April.
divine said:what do you base that belief on?
Harold B. Lee (p. 2) and Spencer W. Kimball (p. 54), have reaffirmed that April 6 is the true anniversary of Christ's birth, but have encouraged Church members to join with other Christians in observing Christmas as a special day for remembering Jesus' birth and teachings
beckysoup61 said:I believe that it was moved to around Christmas because the Catholic Church wanted to mesh the Pagan beliefs with the Christian beliefs as they have done with several holidays.
beckysoup61 said:Revelation given to Joseph Smith in the Doctrine and Covenants 20:1
ProfLogic said:Does anybody have any information on the NT, when they were writing it that Peter and Paul had a disagreement on what the new religion should entail. If Jesus actually existed and ressurected, wouldn't there be a disagreement at all. Sounded like humans trying to create their own cult. The ressurection of body and soul, another suspicious but brilliant strategy. If there is no body, then no one would ever know. It is more and more sounding like a made up story for people to follow their cult. Jesus never existed.
ProfLogic said:If Jesus existed, when is he ever going to return? The world had gone through numerous periods of violence. Christians once they had the upper hand murdering muslims (proven in history of Jerusalem), the crusades (anyone who had read the historical facts would know), Various inhumane empires, 2 world wars and today's society where even the children are not safe from their own parents. Why would Jesus not return to save the innocence, because he never existed. I would remind everyone one that according to the writings that Jesus came to save us from our sins. I believe with all the events in the past since Jesus time would say we had sinned more. This is why I am sure Jesus never existed.
Do you have any idea when Paul died? Do you have any idea of when the gospels are thought to have been written and by whom? It's really a bit sad ...jeffrey said:If Paul created Christianity, then the gospels where forged by him also? And what would be the purpose of him doing so?
Why do you persist in pretending to know what you don't know? The gThom is dated anywhere from 50 to 140 CE, and there is zero evidence of a "Thomas community". Stop fabricating history - it's dishonest.sojourner said:For instance, the Thomas community split prior to the year 40. Their "brand" of Xy is quite different from the Pauline.
Now there's an argument! :no:Christiangirl0909 said:I believe he definantly lived. Why? Because I believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, and it says that he lived.
Of course. So what?sojourner said:There are quite a few towns near where I live that have undergone name changes -- just within the last 150 years. Isn't it conceivable that Nazareth had previously been known by other names, as well?