tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post7171476017711928381..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: Jesus mythicism and better ideasUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-73167566858799582122016-03-17T23:37:00.517-05:002016-03-17T23:37:00.517-05:00Now, that's an interesting twist. That said my...Now, that's an interesting twist. That said my idea, if he was a historic character but a century or so earlier, would allow time for various traditions & schools of thought to develop.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-61013172815884614382016-03-17T23:27:13.918-05:002016-03-17T23:27:13.918-05:00For a long time, I was partial to the position tha...For a long time, I was partial to the position that Jesus never existed. It seemed suspect, even in a time when so few were able to read and write, that there were NO contemporary secular accounts of him. <br /><br />He seemes like a character that could be a sort of hodge podge of other zealots. <br /><br />I no longer think that. And the reason is that we know that the Apostles of early Christianity are historical. When they wandered off to talk about him and ended up martyred, that's documented in ways Jesus isn't.<br /><br />I'm not sure they would die for a character they made up. People might die for a fictional character they mistanekly believe was real, but for one they made up a couple decades up back home? <br /><br />That doesn't mean the Gospels are... um, accurate (I was going to say "Gospel"). My faith insists that Jesus existed but was a prophet and was not crucified. <br /><br />On the other hand, my favorite version of busting the Jesus myth came from Philip K. Dick, who hypothesizes a copy of "Q" (a theoretical document of Jesus quotes that was used as a common source for Matthew and Luke) getting found - and being dated to 400 BC. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06856160423100846727noreply@blogger.com