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Sun Apr 8, 2012, 04:04 PM

mr blur (5,295 posts)

28. No, they all borrowed from the same sources. nt

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The Jesus debate: Man vs. myth [View all]	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	OP
One thing to consider when discussing "historic Jesus"....	Swamp Lover	Apr 2012	#1
Another thing to consider when discussing "historic jesus..."	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#3
By "extra-biblical", do you also include the Qu'ran?	cordelia	Apr 2012	#7
It was written 600 years after Jesus supposedly lived.	stopbush	Apr 2012	#21
So if there is no known Roman record it can't have happened?	Leontius	Apr 2012	#8
Of course not. But it's more risible to treat the Bible as if it contains any actual history	stopbush	Apr 2012	#23
Sometimes early Christians were persecuted	skepticscott	Apr 2012	#5
Good, balanced article.	rug	Apr 2012	#2
I can certainly understand why one would not believe all the supernatural religious aspects....	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#4
Well, for me...	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#6
One could say that, again using my ancient Greek example-- of all that documented in Herotodus...	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#9
It is my understanding...	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#10
As has already been mentioned, the Qu'ran mentions Jesus	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#11
When was that written?	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#12
wow... so nearly all the "major religions" were in cahoots?	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#14
Cahoots? Not quite the way I characterized it, now is it?	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#16
Kindly respond to the rest. "cahoots" is merely term to cover your suggestion they all plagiarized	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#17
Fair enough.	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#18
Mohammad blatantly plagarized Judaism and Christianity.	provis99	Apr 2012	#25
No, they all borrowed from the same sources. nt	mr blur	Apr 2012	#28
I used to sing with a devout Jew who told me he had no problems with radical Xian fundamentalists	stopbush	Apr 2012	#30
It was written around 630 CE, ie: six centuries after Jesus supposedly lived.	stopbush	Apr 2012	#20
My point exactly.	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#22
To be fair about the Romans	DonCoquixote	Apr 2012	#13
Fair enough.	cleanhippie	Apr 2012	#15
Flavius Josephus had access to Roman archives...	onager	Apr 2012	#19
well, the Exodus stuff was pretty much made up.	provis99	Apr 2012	#26
The portrayal of the Egyptians in the OT is nothing short of overt racism.	stopbush	Apr 2012	#29
But nobody avers that Aristolte, Socrates or Plato were godsor godmen. That belief is	stopbush	Apr 2012	#24
Excellent point! nt	mr blur	Apr 2012	#27
And I ask.. while it is understandable to question the myriad of stories attributed to Jesus...	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#31
Why not believe that Rhett Butler was a real person, or Harry Potter? What harm does it do	stopbush	Apr 2012	#32
Harry Potter isn't real?! :-( nt	Joseph8th	Apr 2012	#33
re: "Christianity is and always has been a political movement, not a spiritual movement. "	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#34
Christianity set up its own form of government and taxation.	darkstar3	Apr 2012	#35
Again, that does not make the previous comment any less hyperbolic	hlthe2b	Apr 2012	#36
Your concern is noted.	darkstar3	Apr 2012	#37

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