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Originally Posted by Oldschool61
I try to enlighten people. I was raised catholic so for a time I believed all the false stories as well. Then one day a few years ago I started to question this whole magic thing and said to myself if this is all true there would be lots of evidence to support it. Well when I researched the baby jesus I couldnt find ANY evidence other than hearsay. Not one eyewitness account NADA, all there is is hearsay that doesnt come into record until around 93CE. And the gospel accounts arent eyewitness accounts so nothing in the bible is considered archeological or scientific evidence. Not one historian from the first half of the first century ever mentions a miracle worker named jesus much less the roman records kept at the time.
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Well, Pontius Pilatus was a real historical person (there's evidence to back it up). You also have to take into account that Jesus was an extremist of his time. Many people choose to ignore him because of his blasphemy, that of pretending to be the son of God. Surely they would not want people to know about such a person and hence they did not write about him. Speaking for myself, I almost never go to church for other reasons than the usual marriages, baptisms and funerals BUT not having ANYTHING to believe in must be a terribly hollow way to live this life. I believe in something but I don't know exactly what it is, does it make any sense? probably not, does it enrich my everyday life? yes it actually does. What I don't believe in is forcing your religion on others or judging others for what they believe in, I guess it's called mutual respect.
03-07-2011, 12:58 PM
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