Jesus:Real or myth?

[chinu]

No,, ..Doesn't mean that at all.
I assumed all myth was meant, because the first word in the response was "Myth".

Its OK

 

[Bunyip]

It is a false dichotomy, Jesus is both.

 

[Desert Snake]

It is a false dichotomy, Jesus is both.

For this question, you could just say 'real'., If you think he was a real person.
The OP isn't parsing scripture, but literally addressing the real vs. mythic argument.

 

[Curious George]

my two cents comes from:

http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/religious-debates/150507-jesus-myth.html

And other various threads on this board addressing the debate. Some posters are extremely knowledgeable about this topic. You might consider reviewing old threads such as the one I posted if you want to know more. I am pretty sure legion posted thorough posts on this topic (if I remember correctly) in some other threads.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

You might consider reviewing old threads such as the one I posted if you want to know more.

:clap

 

[BruceDLimber]

Baha'i scriptures stipulate Jesus' reality.

Peace,

Bruce

 

[steeltoes]

I don't know and neither do you.



Matthew 24:5,24, “For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.”

 

[steeltoes]

Some people take the gospels literally, as if the gospels are relaying actual and real events, they claim an historical core, whatever that means.

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

I don't know and neither do you.

Wise words. I look forward to a future in which more and more folks embrace their own ignorance.

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

Some people take the gospels literally, as if the gospels are relaying actual and real events, they claim an historical core, whatever that means.

Jesus 'has historicity' is a phrase which I enjoy hearing. No idea what it means, but something about it makes me giggle.

 

[steeltoes]

Jesus 'has historicity' is a phrase which I enjoy hearing. No idea what it means, but something about it makes me giggle.

I get all warm and fuzzy when I apply historicity to other narratives, Sherlock Holmes and Clark Kent, history in the making as it were.

 

[steeltoes]

Reading the gospels as if Jesus is historical is no doubt the best way to assume what it is we are trying to prove. It appears to be most affective for those in the historical know how about this crucifixion. The consensus, read: all the scholars agree with me, is a clincher and really means something when trying to make a point.

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

Reading the gospels as if Jesus is historical is no doubt the best way to assume what it is we are trying to prove. It appears to be most affective for those in the historical know how about this crucifixion.

The Book of Mormon and the Urantia Book are both gospels. I don't see how the historicists sort out the historical Jesus, what with so many variant gospel stories.

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

The consensus, read: all the scholars agree with me, is a clincher and really means something when trying to make a point.

I don't go that far. I only say that all the credible scholars agree with me.

 

[steeltoes]

I don't go that far. I only say that all the credible scholars agree with me.

Yes, most discerning of you. In turn it makes you credible for having an eye for the credible, a win win situation.

 

[steeltoes]

The Book of Mormon and the Urantia Book are both gospels. I don't see how the historicists sort out the historical Jesus, what with so many variant gospel stories.

I don't know how they do it, je ne sais quoi, it must be a special talent, something they are born with, maybe a third eye or something.

 

[Akivah]

Real or myth? Propose your arguments/opinions.

As the definition of myth includes things that are both real and not, my answer is :

FICTION.

That leaves no room for doubt regarding my opinion.

 

[AmbiguousGuy]

As the definition of myth includes things that are both real and not, my answer is :

FICTION.

That leaves no room for doubt regarding my opinion.

Hi, Akivah. Can you say why you've come to that conclusion?

 

[psychoslice]

He is as real as you want him to be.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

A person that the Jesus myth is based on may have existed. I think it's impossible to prove one way or the other. However, the character in the Bible is most certainly a myth.