Quote:
|
Well I believe he existed, there is no reason to make up something like that in the first place, I mean if you were going to make something up, it would be a lot grander than born in a stable, died nailed to a piece of wood like a criminal.
|
An aesthetic approach like this doesn't really trump a large compilation of historical evidence gathered through rigorous study.
Quote:
|
No I believe there are other accounts of his life between boyhood and later adulthood that have been kept back by the Catholic Church for their own reasons.
|
There is little to no reason to believe that.
Quote:
|
The basic simple teachings of Jesus- love and brotherhood rather go against creating a huge lie, a world wide empire/religon with millions of followers, pretty good going for a person you claim never existed.
|
Except that has never really been the form of the Christian religon on earth. I can't confidentily state any predominantly Christian society in the centuries leading up to our modern age was a nice place to live most of the time, and that they have become nice places today has more to do with the rise of ultilitarian-style democracies than any innovation within the faith.