Evidence of Jesus?
Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 8:49 am
is there any evidence of Jesus besides the bible and other religions.
"The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands." (Psalm 19:1)
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Read The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel.WannaLearn wrote:is there any evidence of Jesus besides the bible and other religions.
Even the likes of Bart Ehrman make it clear that it is silly to deny ( as some do) the historical person of Jesus.WannaLearn wrote:is there any evidence of Jesus besides the bible and other religions.
There's a HUGE difference between APPARENT discrepancies and ACTUAL ones. If anyone wants an excellent source on these, I suggest they get "Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties" by Dr. Gleason Archer (http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Bibl ... roduct_top)It is also true that our best sources about Jesus, the early Gospels, are riddled with problems. These were written decades after Jesus' life by biased authors who are at odds with one another on details up and down the line.
HUH?!!! Do explain! So the words of Jesus in Scripture were the mere creative inventions from the minds of men?The Christians did not invent Jesus. They invented the idea that the messiah had to be crucified.
Yep, Bart believes Jesus existed. He says he used to be a Christian but that he lost his faith over uncertainties about discontinuities he perceived in the New Testament manuscripts. And so never forget that he has an unbeliever's agenda.Bart Ehrman is the author of 'Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth,' now available from HarperOne.
Those weren't my views, I linked and pasted the article.Philip wrote:There's a HUGE difference between APPARENT discrepancies and ACTUAL ones. If anyone wants an excellent source on these, I suggest they get "Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties" by Dr. Gleason Archer (http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Bibl ... roduct_top)It is also true that our best sources about Jesus, the early Gospels, are riddled with problems. These were written decades after Jesus' life by biased authors who are at odds with one another on details up and down the line.
HUH?!!! Do explain! So the words of Jesus in Scripture were the mere creative inventions from the minds of men?The Christians did not invent Jesus. They invented the idea that the messiah had to be crucified.
Yep, Bart believes Jesus existed. He says he used to be a Christian but that he lost his faith over uncertainties about discontinuities he perceived in the New Testament manuscripts. And so never forget that he has an unbeliever's agenda.Bart Ehrman is the author of 'Did Jesus Exist?: The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth,' now available from HarperOne.
Dr. Daniel B. Wallace, one of the world's leading ancient Greek scholars and expert of textual criticism, says that Wallace "tries to create strong doubt as to what the original text said, using more innuendo than substance." Wallace describes Ehrman as "a very small minority of textual critics in what he's saying" (about the Bible documents supposed errors and purported deliberate corruption). Highly respected New Testament scholar Gordon Fee says that "Ehrman too often turns mere possibility into probability, and probability into certainty, where other equally viable reasons for (textual) corruption exist."
Yes, there are.Ivellious wrote:Are there non-Christian sources and evidences to support divinity? That's the real hangup here.
thanks and what may some of them be?Jac3510 wrote:Yes, there are.Ivellious wrote:Are there non-Christian sources and evidences to support divinity? That's the real hangup here.
Yes, there ARE several sources that corroborate Jesus' EXISTENCE, that He was crucified, etc. But since when has a non-christian source put up evidence for His DIVINITY? Perhaps one might make the case that non-christian sources have said things that CIRCUMSTANTIALLY/Historically fit well with what Scripture teaches about Jesus and His ministry and Who it reveals Him to be.Ivellious wrote:Are there non-Christian sources and evidences to support divinity? That's the real hangup here.
Yes, there are.
WannaLearn wrote:thanks and what may some of them be?Jac3510 wrote:Yes, there are.Ivellious wrote:Are there non-Christian sources and evidences to support divinity? That's the real hangup here.
Philip is moving in the right direction. I would strongly encourage to ask the historical question (and I cannot emphasize historical enough): where did the belief in Jesus' divinity come from?Philip wrote:Yes, there ARE several sources that corroborate Jesus' EXISTENCE, that He was crucified, etc. But since when has a non-christian source put up evidence for His DIVINITY? Perhaps one might make the case that non-christian sources have said things that CIRCUMSTANTIALLY/Historically fit well with what Scripture teaches about Jesus and His ministry and Who it reveals Him to be.Ivellious wrote:Are there non-Christian sources and evidences to support divinity? That's the real hangup here.
Yes, there are.
The only other possibility is if Jesus had deceived his followers into believing he was God. But that has a host of other problems starting with the argument that he did not, in fact, die on the cross (for them to subsequently see and interact with him).Jac3510 wrote:Now, this is very, very brief, and I have left a lot of supportive details out. This is also pretty much based on a single source, but it illustratse the type of thinking. We know from secular history that the disciples believed that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. How the heck do we explain that belief? It sounds like such a simple question, but start trying to answer it without appealing to the actual divinity of Christ, and you will have major problems. You either have to deny the belief itself (which cannot be done historically) or appeal to massive conspiracy (which is not responsible history and probably says more about you than the evidence).
Actually, that's a good point and further illustrates the problem. I think we can create a chart of sorts here based on the question: "Where did belief in Jesus' divinity come from?" Possible answers:Byblos wrote:The only other possibility is if Jesus had deceived his followers into believing he was God. But that has a host of other problems starting with the argument that he did not, in fact, die on the cross (for them to subsequently see and interact with him).Jac3510 wrote:Now, this is very, very brief, and I have left a lot of supportive details out. This is also pretty much based on a single source, but it illustratse the type of thinking. We know from secular history that the disciples believed that Jesus Christ was God in the flesh. How the heck do we explain that belief? It sounds like such a simple question, but start trying to answer it without appealing to the actual divinity of Christ, and you will have major problems. You either have to deny the belief itself (which cannot be done historically) or appeal to massive conspiracy (which is not responsible history and probably says more about you than the evidence).