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Typhon · 04-16-2002, 03:54 PM

I can't post there because I use ONLY free web-based email.

.T.

Ender · 04-16-2002, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Typhon:
<strong>I can't post there because I use ONLY free web-based email. .T.</strong>

Originally, for the "Great Infidel" account i entered my aol address. When that didn't pan out, i re-registered (after i deleted the cookies) with my school email address.

~WiGGiN~

Answerer · 04-16-2002, 06:50 PM

I had meet people in my country who don't even know who Jesus is. Haha, so the poll is sure to be inaccurate if it was to be carried in my country.

Eudaimonist · 04-16-2002, 07:16 PM

I thought "not divine, but a real person" for many years as an atheist, but now I lean towards "most likely fictional". It was the Jesus Puzzle argument that finally nudged me over into the Jesus-myth camp.

99Percent · 04-16-2002, 08:01 PM

Ender: I smelled something fishy...

LOL, I tried to vote too, but I saw something fishy when the site asked me to register so I immediately desisted

Koyaanisqatsi · 04-17-2002, 09:57 AM

Roman anti-Judaic propaganda designed to destabilize local beliefs prior to war.

S.O.P.

Bad Religion · 04-17-2002, 10:05 AM

I think Jesus is a big fish story (pun intended..sorry)

Radcliffe Emerson · 04-17-2002, 10:16 AM

Fictional based on elements taken from several earlier pagan beliefs. I.e, Buddha was supposedly born of a virgin. There's another earlier god from a different faith that was nailed to a tree, etc.

Proxima Centauri · 04-19-2002, 07:22 AM

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Originally posted by DarkBronzePlant:
<strong>"Not divine, but a real person. The Gospel stories are likely just fictional exaggerations of his life as a religious leader."</strong>

I think Jesus probably was a real person. Jewish and Pagan historians refer to him, (sorry Him, beg Your Almighty Forgiveness). Josephus, for example, a Jewish historian refers to Jesus as, 'Another disaster which befel the Jewish people'.
I could elaborate but I suggest you try reading, 'Why I don't Buy the Resurrection' by Richard Carrier on this Web Site.

Radcliffe Emerson · 04-19-2002, 01:16 PM

Josephus refers to several different people named Jesus, and writes there were several different people going around performing magic acts claiming to be the next messiah. And the passage that refers to the Christ is believed now to not be genuine.
I have doubts the one Jesus lived. I think Jesus was created from the numerous different people that Josephus mentions.

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04-16-2002, 03:54 PM	#11
Typhon Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mount Aetna Posts: 271	I can't post there because I use ONLY free web-based email. .T.

04-16-2002, 06:50 PM	#13
Answerer Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 3,956	I had meet people in my country who don't even know who Jesus is. Haha, so the poll is sure to be inaccurate if it was to be carried in my country.

04-16-2002, 07:16 PM	#14
Eudaimonist Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Sundsvall, Sweden Posts: 3,159	I thought "not divine, but a real person" for many years as an atheist, but now I lean towards "most likely fictional". It was the Jesus Puzzle argument that finally nudged me over into the Jesus-myth camp.

04-16-2002, 08:01 PM	#15
99Percent Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: my mind Posts: 5,996	Ender: I smelled something fishy... LOL, I tried to vote too, but I saw something fishy when the site asked me to register so I immediately desisted

04-17-2002, 09:57 AM	#16
Koyaanisqatsi Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Yes, I have dyslexia. Sue me. Posts: 6,508	Roman anti-Judaic propaganda designed to destabilize local beliefs prior to war. S.O.P.

04-17-2002, 10:05 AM	#17
Bad Religion Regular Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: memphis, tn. usa Posts: 127	I think Jesus is a big fish story (pun intended..sorry)

04-17-2002, 10:16 AM	#18
Radcliffe Emerson Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: the dark side of Mars Posts: 1,309	Fictional based on elements taken from several earlier pagan beliefs. I.e, Buddha was supposedly born of a virgin. There's another earlier god from a different faith that was nailed to a tree, etc.

04-19-2002, 01:16 PM	#20
Radcliffe Emerson Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: the dark side of Mars Posts: 1,309	Josephus refers to several different people named Jesus, and writes there were several different people going around performing magic acts claiming to be the next messiah. And the passage that refers to the Christ is believed now to not be genuine. I have doubts the one Jesus lived. I think Jesus was created from the numerous different people that Josephus mentions.

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