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ninjaface · 05-04-2010, 04:41 PM

I'd say magician, or he didn't exist.
As fun as it is to play the Jesus Game, I have to paraphrase what I've said before.

Jesus shares many major characteristics with deities from other religions. Such as
Horus the Sun God of Egypt, Attis of Phyrigia, Krishna of India, Dionysus of Greece, and Mithra of Persia and several others.

Most of those religions had written accounts of their Jesus, too. Remember what you said about wanting the Bible to have historical credibility? You'll have to extend the same courtesy to these other religions. Shouldn't be hard. Just start with all the Jesus-like characters and you should be believing in no time!

And I read some reviews for the book you suggested. One of the 1 star reviews from a Christian said:
"More Than a Carpenter" is just too oversimplistic to convince intelligent skeptics and be of value to Christians with a good grasp of Scripture, history, and theology.

05-04-2010, 04:41 PM	#724 (permalink)
ninjaface Level 20 Holothetan Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Space Posts: 5,245 Internets: 210144	I'd say magician, or he didn't exist. As fun as it is to play the Jesus Game, I have to paraphrase what I've said before. Jesus shares many major characteristics with deities from other religions. Such as Horus the Sun God of Egypt, Attis of Phyrigia, Krishna of India, Dionysus of Greece, and Mithra of Persia and several others. Most of those religions had written accounts of their Jesus, too. Remember what you said about wanting the Bible to have historical credibility? You'll have to extend the same courtesy to these other religions. Shouldn't be hard. Just start with all the Jesus-like characters and you should be believing in no time! And I read some reviews for the book you suggested. One of the 1 star reviews from a Christian said: "More Than a Carpenter" is just too oversimplistic to convince intelligent skeptics and be of value to Christians with a good grasp of Scripture, history, and theology.