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Originally posted by orgaelin,
Because, when faced with my opinion, you insisted that I justify them. I did. You failed to then justify your assertion that I was wrong, and it is my opinion that said failure is due in no small part to incapability. You can't explain why I must be wrong.
Quote: | Btw, Josephus actually had very little to say about Jesus of Nazareth. | Ah! And may I ask what you've managed to dig up on the net? |
Here's Josephus Book Eighteen, Chapter Three, Section 3:
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| Now there was about this time Jesus, a wise man, if it be lawful to call him a man; for he was a doer of wonderful works, a teacher of such men as receive the truth with pleasure. He drew over to him both many of the Jews and many of the Gentiles. He was [the] Christ. And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, (9) those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; (10) as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him. And the tribe of Christians, so named from him, are not extinct at this day. |
http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-18.htm
That's all Josephus says about Jesus...
orgaelin, you like making stuff up. I like the Bible and take it at face value. Am I incapable of proving you wrong? Sure, just like you can't prove what you're saying is true. You backed up everything? Not really. You just came forth with more opinions.
My faith is solid, based on years of Bible study. I have a friendship with God that goes way past the kind of speculative searching I see in you. But I wish you the best in your seeking, hoping you can find something real and foundational.
My pointed response to you was in answer to the implicit threat against Inquisitor. You as much as said he has no right to exist. Meaning if you had a chance, you would kill him. Jesus said: Mattthew 5:22 "I'm telling you that anyone who is so much as angry with a brother or sister is guilty of murder. Carelessly call a brother 'idiot!' and you just might find yourself hauled into court. Thoughtlessly yell 'stupid!' at a sister and you are on the brink of hellfire. The simple moral fact is that words kill."
You are terrified that Inquisitor is allowed to exist? Save your fear for real terrorists. A guy with lousy opinions isn't a cause for hatred and fear.