But did historical Jesus really exist? The evidence just doesn't add up.
CHRISTCUCKS (AND MUDSLIMES) BTFO
“The Christ at the heart of Christianity is a figure woven from the fabric of mythology,” they state. “The stories that bear his name draw on ancient templates imbedded in the Hebrew religion and those of the surrounding region.”
If Jesus even existed and was not the aggregation of various persons, they affirm, “he probably was a wandering Jewish teacher in Roman-occupied Judea who offended the authorities and was executed.”
“Beyond that, any knowledge about the figure at the center of the Christian religion is remarkably open to debate (and vigorously debated among relevant scholars),” they confidently assert.
Much of what the authors put forward are recycled old atheist tracts presuming to catch believing Christians in a “gotcha” moment.
Scores of biblical historians “have tried repeatedly to identify ‘the historical Jesus’ and have failed,” they declare. “The more scholars study the roots of Christianity, the more confused and uncertain our knowledge becomes.”
“The Gospels were not written by eyewitnesses,” they assert with conviction. Though most Christians believe that associates of Jesus wrote the four Gospel texts, “no objective biblical scholars think so.”
This in-depth literature review by Alternet's Valerie Tarico outlines five reasons scholars give that he did not exist:
There is no first century secular evidence that he existed - all sources are either Christian or Jewish
The earliest New Testament writings are vague on details of his life - they become more fleshed out in later texts
The eyewitness accounts in the four canonical gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John) are all second hand
The gospels make contradictions about his life
Modern scholars who claim to have uncovered the 'real Jesus' contradict each other
Did Jesus Exist?
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CHRISTCUCKS (AND MUDSLIMES) BTFO
CHRISTCUCKS (AND MUDSLIMES) BTFO
CHRISTCUCKS (AND MUDSLIMES) BTFO