tuxbox said:Avatra1 said:http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/josephus-etal.html#pseudotacitus
You might have to scroll down a bit to get by the "usual" suspects of christian "non christian" evidence.
At best, hearsay, at worst outright fraud.
Most things on the internet about the historical Jesus are biased. The articles are either written by Christians or the anti-religious.
At one point in history the city of Troy was either consider fiction, myth or a legend. That obviously change in the 19th century. One can even argue that Homer never existed as well, since there is very little evidence that he was an actual historical figure. So I believe it is a little premature to say that it has been proven that the historical Jesus never existed and most scholars believe that he did exist. But like I posted previously, I am not going to get into a drawn out debate over this.
Of course they are. It's the standard reply.
Did you even bother to read it?
There can never be a middle ground, (tm) everyone is always on an agenda.
The difference between Homer and jesus, is that Homer isn't portrayed as the "savior" of mankind and the "one" who died for our "sins."
If Homer turns out to be nothing but a story, so what.
If jesus turns out to be nothing but a story, shit will hit the fan.
I just find it amusing that in order to "proclaim" that jesus existed, you have to turn to document(s) that was written way after he was "dead."
I know you don't want to talk about this, (wonder why :roll so this will probably be the last reply.