Jon Clark wrote:
> However seeing the basic premise of any denial of the historicity of Jesus
> is to deny the validity of the basic sources (especially the gospels), it
> is hard to know where to begin. Look at the holocaust deniers.
>
Sources alone would not be the basis for believing the gospel.
Consider the book of Mormon.
However, even at the _most_ skeptical level, it is still
reasonable to accept that there could have been a man
who was crucified because he said things that people didn't
want the hear. As it is today, throughout history, everyone
has had the desire to get rid of this guy at one time or another.
Indeed, any excuse will do, just give me one. ;-) At some
level, that is the whole point of the gospel, even without
the theology. Denying the historicity of Jeshua ben Joseph
is surely wreckless and is not likely to lead the human
race in a productive direction regardless of whatever else
is true (or false) about the gospel and its witness.
by Grace alone do we proceed,
Wayne
The only thing we learn from history
is that we don't learn anything. Hegel.
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