RE: Atheism
I know for a fact that Logos would never think Jesus didn't exist. It's Jesus' divinity that is in question. Those prophecies, if you can find any of them, are more likely to have sprung from mithras, the 'divine being' that jesus is based on. Mithras was born 600 years before Jesus and after his death it's likely several prophecies were made of his return, just as Christians have done with jesus and the end of the world and anything else they thought would happen, only to be proven wrong each time.
Thanks Dannyl. And of course a Jesus existed: it was quite a popular name for the time period. And maybe he was even a proposed messiah, there were countless numbers of them as well. However, the prophecies? What evidence do you have to say he fulfilled any?
The only unbiased sources mentioning Jesus at all are Pliny the Younger, Josephus, and Tacitus. Josephus has one single paragraph about the proposed Messiah, and many scholars believe this to be fabricated around the time of Contantine. Pliny the Younger provides next to no evidence, and Tacitus is the same.
Jesus, according to Biblical lore, also fulfills prophecies for the False Messiah or Anti-Christ. Namely obtaining a Kingdom peaceably, and changing "times and laws."
Jesus also, according to Biblical lore, does not fulfill the requirement of being called Immanuel. Or being a descendant of David (his only line is through Mary, as he is not Joseph's son; and there is no evidence Mary is related to David). Or the destruction of the Jewish countries before maturity.
Jesus fails on many counts.
The only unbiased sources mentioning Jesus at all are Pliny the Younger, Josephus, and Tacitus. Josephus has one single paragraph about the proposed Messiah, and many scholars believe this to be fabricated around the time of Contantine. Pliny the Younger provides next to no evidence, and Tacitus is the same.
Jesus, according to Biblical lore, also fulfills prophecies for the False Messiah or Anti-Christ. Namely obtaining a Kingdom peaceably, and changing "times and laws."
Jesus also, according to Biblical lore, does not fulfill the requirement of being called Immanuel. Or being a descendant of David (his only line is through Mary, as he is not Joseph's son; and there is no evidence Mary is related to David). Or the destruction of the Jewish countries before maturity.
Jesus fails on many counts.
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