WitnessMyFury, all anyone wants is a fair chance to discuss
topics others get attacked on. We lose
members here, members with educations because they get frustrated at the lack
of fair speech. Think about what you’re
saying, you say people bring in a “historical Jesus as a backdoor way of
getting him raised from historical guru or teacher to God, god or powers of God”. The argument I present is people are not
willing to change their opinions like those in the Watchtower Society, you know
how often we drove people insane preaching in Field Service “we have the Truth”
while never allowing anyone to ask us questions about our religious past
because we knew this opened up Pandora’s Box.
Can we have a discussion using the consensus of textual
critics and historians to answer a question people have clearly made up their
mind on? Do you believe a religious man
who went by the name of Jesus of Nazareth existed because there are many who
say the historical facts say he never existed?
The goal is not to claim he had super natural powers, my desire is to
expand on a topic of whether he was here or a made up myth, a myth his followers were willing to die for in the most exotic and excruciating way. Paul was no idiot, as he said in 1 Corinthians "If we are preaching a lie and Jesus did not raise from the dead, we are to be pitied wasting our lives and being executed over a terrible lie!"
Someone recently wrote “The only reason Christians did not
go extinct is because the Roman Empire sponsored their religion.” This question was not yours, it was someone
who had no idea what they were talking about, if you read up on Galerius (Roman
General who wanted to secure all the power throughout the Empire but failed
miserably your view will change on whether Christians were sponsored.) And historical Armenia that blows out the
water that Christians were allowed to thrive without Rome’s attempt as
genocide. Why can’t we have dialogue like
people on TV or videos do, not attacking people but asking questions and using
facts and methods of ascertaining how the scholars come to their conclusions? I readily adjusted to micro-evolution because
it’s a fact, there is no denying it yet some without brains still deny it. Let’s talk why people believe and don’t
believe and why, thank you all for hearing me out!
My objective was to point out how bad the Radio Host was to
Dr. Erhman, when hosts are rude to well-educated guests they invite and make
fallacious claims, it’s our job to reason through what’s going on!
