The face of Jesus
The face of Jesus
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- gramme0
Josephus, a non-believing Jewish historian, also wrote about Jesus' life and death.
There are more written records of Jesus' life (most of them outside the canon of Scripture as they are more historical than redemptive) than there are of the life and doings of Julius Caesar.
Nobody questions whether Caesar lived, because he didn't claim to be the Son of God, nor was he raised from the dead. People don't want to believe in the unprovable metaphysical because to them it is not safe, it is not quantifiable. Faith can only be given by God, it can't be found in a historical record, even though an understanding of history can strengthen one's faith.
- I realize the odd juxtaposition of my comments with the picture above ^.gramme
- Does he make good tacos? I like tacos.czawada
- Dude, the earliest reliable mention of Jesus is by St Paul. And he only ever saw jesus in visions!Khurram
- juxtaposition as in, both are hard too believe? :PCorvo
- wait both the three?Corvo
- Nonsense, Khuramm. The gospel of John was penned not long after Christ's departure and then there's also oral tradition which preceeded that.teleos
- Oral sex?czawada