Zeda

If you believe in a historical Jesus, as described in the Bible, why are there no writings by him?

The Bible describes him as someone who was so intelligent that even at the age of 13 he astounded the Elders at the temple. So clearly he would be able, much better than his followers to convey Gods wishes and plans to us.
His followers for the most part come off as ignorant mostly uneducated fishermen, and rabble. Why would he leave such an important thing as the testimoney of his life and sacrifice to them?

Since he was God, he couldnt have been caught out by lack of time, He knew exactly when he would die. His life before his ministry actually began doesnt seem that busy, and even after it began, there surely would have been enough time to write down the most important stuff.

So, if he really existed, Where's the Book?

lpetrich

That's a VERY good point that Richard Carrier has made, in the course of examining the evidence for certain important events in the careers of Julius Caesar and Jesus Christ.

jack_hunter

Does it make any sense for the most important human being who ever existed on this Planet to leave us nothing in His own writing?

Bright Life

Fixed it for you.

Biff the unclean

And why did Tarzan never write any of his own books either?

ten to the eleventh

He left that for his monkey followers.

cloggy

May your hunger for evasive answers soon be stilled.

IamMoose

I dunno ... I don't even know if Jesus was literate (but then I am surprised that some of his disciples apparently were, too). There's no indication that Jesus even knew or desired a 'bible' to be written after his death, although if that's the case then he sure lacked foresight.

Biff just off topic, do you disbelieve in a historical Jesus? I've always thought that Jesus likely existed, but it's a helluva leap from that belief to the belief that he was son of God, and one I am not prepared to make without much more evidence than any Chrisitan has ever offered me.

Zeda

Hmmm by several of the answers my question has received, I am guessing that it is preceived as a stupid question.

When I arrived here on these boards, I was impressed by the spirit of free inquiry. I have been reading the posts here for quite some time faithfully, and I am aware that there is a question about an actual historical Jesus in many minds. It is a question however that I am still struggling with.

I feel that if a person as described by the NT existed, and if his character was as described, it only makes sense that he would have left some written evidence of his own, answering what are surely important questions.

The fact that no such writings exist leads me to believe that he did not in fact exist, but was a fabrication of the early church.

However, I was looking for possible reasons that would explain the fact by those who belive he was a historical person, why no such writings are in evidence.

penumbra

Tsk, tsk, tsk Those were APES, not monkeys.

http://www.szgdocent.org/pp/p-apes.htm