Who was Jesus?

[rusra02]

Just in your own words, who was Jesus?

Jesus is God's Son. He is God's firstborn, the first creation by God. He is not part of a trinity, but is and always will be subject to his God and Father.

 

[Muffled]

Just in your own words, who was Jesus?

I believe Jesus is God in the flesh.

 

[Muffled]

To me personally he was just a myth like many other myths.

I believe the myth is your own and it is that Jesus is a myth.

 

[Muffled]

He's one of my neighbors down the street.

I beleive there were many even in His day and why he was referred to as Jesus of Nazareth.

 

[buddhist]

I beleive there were many even in His day and why he was referred to as Jesus of Nazareth.

Apparently, no available archaeological evidence supports the idea that Nazareth existed before the 2nd century C.E.

 

[Reggie Miller]

Apparently, no available archaeological evidence supports the idea that Nazareth existed before the 2nd century C.E.

So? You are saying Nazareth didn't exist?

 

[buddhist]

So? You are saying Nazareth didn't exist?

No evidence points to Nazareth's existence in the 1st century.

 

[Reggie Miller]

No evidence points to Nazareth's existence in the 1st century.

Ever heard of the New Testament?

 

[buddhist]

Ever heard of the New Testament?

Yes, a storybook isn't hard evidence. The harry potter novels aren't evidence for Harry Potter.

 

[Reggie Miller]

Yes, a storybook isn't hard evidence. The harry potter novels aren't evidence for Harry Potter.

The Bible is not merely a story book, sorry. Many of the places named in Exodus as destroyed by the Hebrews have actually been found and excavated. Many other facts have been proven from both the Old and New Testaments as well.

The NT is evidence for the existence of both Nazareth and Jesus, whether you choose to accept it or not is beside the point.

 

[Reggie Miller]

Yes, a storybook isn't hard evidence. The harry potter novels aren't evidence for Harry Potter.

And nobody is stupid enough to suggest Harry Potter was a real person, either.

 

[buddhist]

The Bible is not merely a story book, sorry. Many of the places named in Exodus as destroyed by the Hebrews have actually been found and excavated. Many other facts have been proven from both the Old and New Testaments as well.

The NT is evidence for the existence of both Nazareth and Jesus, whether you choose to accept it or not is beside the point.

Many of the places named in the Buddhist scriptures have also been found and excavated, too.

 

[buddhist]

And nobody is stupid enough to suggest Harry Potter was a real person, either.

Some people worship the Force.

 

[Reggie Miller]

Many of the places named in the Buddhist scriptures have also been found and excavated, too.

Good for you. Proves they're not fairy tales.

 

[Reggie Miller]

Some people worship the Force.

Surely you jest.

 

[buddhist]

Good for you. Proves they're not fairy tales.

It's historicity is largely irrelevant to Buddhism.

 

[buddhist]

Surely you jest.

Surely not!

 

[Reggie Miller]

It's historicity is largely irrelevant to Buddhism.

Still, the verification of the historicity lends credence to the text.

 

[Reggie Miller]

Surely not!

Welcome to the 21st century, I guess.

 

[buddhist]

Still, the verification of the historicity lends credence to the text.

Do you believe in the child Jesus went around killing people, as is recorded in the Infancy Gospel of Thomas?