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But Jesus existed…

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And Buddha also existed.

And Sun still exists. Can’t say that about all the others.

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That’s my point. Jesus was just a man. Most likely a con-man, a rebellious instigator, or just crazy

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But sun is not just a man.

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I mean you’re not wrong. Jesus existed in some form, as the leader of a doomsday cult. His insane followers went around and preached in other places because no one took them seriously in their homeland. Jesus was just your average doomsday preacher. Christianity is basically Mormonism if the Church of LDS was started a couple of thousand years ago.

However, Jesus is/was also considered God and the son of God. Obviously, Jesus was never a god.

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But he did not actually…

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Did some carpenter dude called Jesus exist? Sure, I once had a dude called Jesus install some cabinets at my home. Did the religious character described in (among other works of fiction) the Bible exist? No he did not, or at least he existed as much as other historical fiction characters.

It’s very hard if not impossible to figure out if stuff written down thousands of years ago was fact or fiction. Even persons that seem to be reliable sources from that time have had works of fiction or embellishments mixed in. Almost all we know about thousands of years ago is because people wrote shit down and the amount that actually survived is very little.

The sources you claim are from well past the time Jesus was alive, so it’s questionable how reliable sources they are. I also would not trust anything written down by cult followers about the cult leader, this is basic common sense.

And if you’re going to link Wikipedia, you can at least read the article instead of just the blerb.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quest_for_the_historical_Jesus#Criticism

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So did Bozo the Clown. Doesn’t make them a god.

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Didn’t say it did

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