Freethinker (General)

by Balance_Maintained , U.S.A., Friday, December 10, 2010, 07:54 (5096 days ago) @ David Turell
edited by unknown, Friday, December 10, 2010, 08:07

Thank you, George. Exactly my reasoning. The Christian faith is based on written documentation (Gospels) from 60-80 years after the crucifiction. Did Jesus (Josuah ben Joseph) really exist as a single person? I kind of think so, but on closer inspection, can't be sure. Because the documentation has to be taken on faith, Christians scramble for any shred of evidence they can imagine is present in Jewish teachings. I have a Catholic priest as a cousin. I enjoy his services, and he enjoys his religion, and I enjoy him. Do I debate with him his basic beliefs? Of course not. Each person of faith should be allowed to believe as they wish without attack. I have a strange faith in my beliefs, which I have developed for myself. I cannot be changed.-If this is the standard of proof then we must throw out a whole lot of what we know about history. Anyone that we do not have bones for must not have existed, regardless of how many references in what would be considered a generally contemporary period archaeologically. Including anyone referenced in the Talmud, Torah, Upanishads, Vedas, or any other ancient text. By those standards, very little of what we know of history can be real.