When i died years ago in s traffic accident, I remember going before Jesus the old man sitting on the throne of God. With this hugh golden stick with this clear ball on the end. He didn't speak a word but the ball turn red , off to hell i went. I did heard the voice of God, on my way out of Hell . At that moment,waken up out of coma .Me thinking i was good but not good enough. Yes heaven and hell is real.
Bart Ehrman, a New Testament scholar, has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 1988, became convinced that there are contradictions and discrepancies in the biblical manuscripts that could not be harmonized or reconciled. He went from being a fundamentalist Christian to being an agnostic atheist.
“In the entire first Christian century Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher or poet. His name never occurs in a single inscription, and it is never found in a single piece of private correspondence. Zero!”
There is very little (if any) evidence to support the existence of 'Jesus Christ' outside of the bible, and all of the extra-biblical evidence for the existence of Jesus are based on second or third-hand accounts (at best).
The 'gospels' were not written until decades after the supposed events (the oldest existing manuscript is a fragment of 'John' dating from the first half of the first century AD), and were most likely not written by the people they are attributed to (some bibles even acknowledge this).
While I don't actually have any reason to doubt that a man named 'Jesus' (or some variation on that name) lived at roughly the time and place that the bible claims - and may have even preached some variation on the philosophy attributed to him) there is zero reason to believe any of the fantastical claims made about him (up to and including the 'virgin birth', 'miracles', 'resurrection', etc.)
You mean, other than the writings of several individuals who knew Him personally, and lived with Him for several years? We don't have that degree of historical record for any other individual who lived 2,000 years ago.
The people who knew him personally believed he existed. People wrote lots about him in and out of the Bible, even while he was still alive. He influenced one of the biggest religious movements of all time. That would be a pretty amazing accomplishment for a fictional character.
The claim that Jesus Christ never existed as a historical figure is like saying Princess Diana never existed. Here is one of the most popular people of his time and his execution was clearly a huge event, witnessed and documented by enough people to make it ridiculous to deny it as history.
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When i died years ago in s traffic accident, I remember going before Jesus the old man sitting on the throne of God. With this hugh golden stick with this clear ball on the end. He didn't speak a word but the ball turn red , off to hell i went. I did heard the voice of God, on my way out of Hell . At that moment,waken up out of coma .Me thinking i was good but not good enough. Yes heaven and hell is real.
Yes, he existed. He had disciples & many followers. People wrote about him, not just in the bible. There were also paintings & statues of him.
Let's look at what a Bible scholar says...
Bart Ehrman, a New Testament scholar, has taught at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill since 1988, became convinced that there are contradictions and discrepancies in the biblical manuscripts that could not be harmonized or reconciled. He went from being a fundamentalist Christian to being an agnostic atheist.
“In the entire first Christian century Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher or poet. His name never occurs in a single inscription, and it is never found in a single piece of private correspondence. Zero!”
-----Bart D. Ehrman
I think that it is possible that Jesus did exist...but if he did he was little more than a cult leader no different than somebody like David Koresh
Yes, he does.
There is no proof, only evidence. Experience him and God for yourself, through your own experiences with them. That's the logical thing to do.
There is very little (if any) evidence to support the existence of 'Jesus Christ' outside of the bible, and all of the extra-biblical evidence for the existence of Jesus are based on second or third-hand accounts (at best).
The 'gospels' were not written until decades after the supposed events (the oldest existing manuscript is a fragment of 'John' dating from the first half of the first century AD), and were most likely not written by the people they are attributed to (some bibles even acknowledge this).
While I don't actually have any reason to doubt that a man named 'Jesus' (or some variation on that name) lived at roughly the time and place that the bible claims - and may have even preached some variation on the philosophy attributed to him) there is zero reason to believe any of the fantastical claims made about him (up to and including the 'virgin birth', 'miracles', 'resurrection', etc.)
You mean, other than the writings of several individuals who knew Him personally, and lived with Him for several years? We don't have that degree of historical record for any other individual who lived 2,000 years ago.
Antichrist rides on a donkey into the 3rd Temple while Jesus rode on a donkey into the 2nd Temple
The people who knew him personally believed he existed. People wrote lots about him in and out of the Bible, even while he was still alive. He influenced one of the biggest religious movements of all time. That would be a pretty amazing accomplishment for a fictional character.
The claim that Jesus Christ never existed as a historical figure is like saying Princess Diana never existed. Here is one of the most popular people of his time and his execution was clearly a huge event, witnessed and documented by enough people to make it ridiculous to deny it as history.
Look up BC and AD, and get a clue.