Wow, you sure get cranky when someone tells you that you're wrong
Your claims are debatable, which is my point. You can't argue the fact that many people disagree about whether or not Josephus was actually a convert, and you're certainly no Josephus scholar yourself, so lets just skip to the part where we accept that there is "LITTLE TO NO EVIDENCE" that Jesus ever existed (which would include your Josephus reference, even if he's telling the truth), and certainly no evidence that he was anything other than a dude who needed a haircut. One citation... a mountain of evidence does not make. There's no need for you to begin cutting and pasting Wikipedia text to continue supporting an argument that does nothing to nullify what I've clearly stated and you've clearly misunderstood.
As for all the indignant personal attacks, go for it. Forum loud mouths are a dime a dozen, and alongside your porno comic book adventures (why anyone would believe that shit, I don't know...), I suppose you're just being consistent. You clearly love yourself very much and think very highly of your own dong and IQ.
But you're batshit crazy if you think that evolution is an outdated theory. I'm with Jeton on his request... Please tell us how you figure that the majority of the scientific community has abandoned evolutionary theory?
Are you some kind of Zeitgeist nut?
Actually I went through private school through 12th grade, so yes I am a Josephus scholar.
So you need more historians? Here ya go, citation provided.
Q: "Are there any historical writings, other than the Bible, that prove that Jesus ever really lived?"
A: Yes. Cornelius Tacitus (A.D. 55-120) was considered the greatest historian of ancient Rome. He wrote of Nero who "punished with the most exquisite tortures, the persons commonly called Christians, who were hated for their enormities. Christus [Christ], the founder of the name, was put to death by Pontius Pilate, procurator of Judea in the reign of Tiberius: but the pernicious superstition, repressed for a time, broke out again, not only through Judea, where the mischief originiated, but through the city of Rome also."
Also, Flavius Josephus, a Jewish historian, (A.D. 38-100+) wrote about Jesus in his Jewish Antiquities, saying that Jesus was a wise man who did surprising feats, taught many, won over followers from among Jews and Greeks, that Jesus was believed to be the Messiah, was accused by the Jewish leaders, was condemned to be crucified by Pilate, and was considered to be resurrected.
The existence of Jesus Christ is recorded not only by Josephus and Tacitus, but also by ancient writers such as Suetonius, Thallus, Pliny the Younger, and Lucian. And from the Jewish Talmud, "we learn that Jesus was conceived out of wedlock, gathered disciples, made blasphemous claims about himself, and worked miracles, but these miracles are attributed to sorcery and not to God."
Thus, historians both favorable and unfavorable regarding Jesus did write about him. Also there were many historical writings about the early Christians.
How do we know Jesus ever really lived?
It seems to me that no matter how many people wrote about Jesus you would find a way to discredit the author or wordings. How is it that a man that has been the most popular person on the planet for the last 2000 years never exsisted? I'm not sayin' he is God, I'm just saying that he was a man who did live and was killed.
So do you believe that Siddh?rtha Gautama lived or is he a figment of every Buddhist's imagination?
Regarding my sex life. Glad you enjoyed reading. I suppose that you are just that type of person who has to "see" to believe anything. I have been a member of this forum since 2004 and anyone who knows me knows that I am honest, helpful, and a bit confrontational when it comes to bros I deem to be acting in an unjust manner.
For example, your attack and crude depiction of the Bible lacked tact and consideration of other people's feelings and beliefs. These are the same people that you choose to have fellowship with on these forums, so why would you want to start that kind of trouble? Would it not be better to express your opinion without slandering the beliefs of what might be the majority of bros on this board? Where is the logic in your behavior? I suppose it must be little man syndrome...I'm just trying to figure you out. You write things online that you could never say at the gym or at the bars because you might get your ass kicked?
BTW - See my previous post to catch the scientific trend that abandons the traditional evolutionary theory by Darwin.
-bj
opcorn:
i'm lazy about internet debate, i only pull out enuff internet-cock to WIN, n leave the rest in my e-pants. LifeEditing has refuted u rather effectively.
ok now ur just being shticky.
