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minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·9 months agoRegardless of your belief in Christianity, Jesus was a real person. That much is historical fact.
minus-squareInfiltrated_ad8271@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-29 months agoAs far as I know (please correct me if I’m wrong), apart from religious texts and later references to the religion, his existence is only recorded by one historian (josephus), but it is under dispute whether that text is authentic.
minus-squareNAXLAB@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoDoesn’t really matter cuz the Jesus they care about is the fictional Jesus in the story.
minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·9 months agoHe called Jesus fictional. I corrected that.
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoGiven the actual Jesus has as much in common with the legend as King Arthur does with whichever Brit king he’s based on, that’s just being pedantic
minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoNonetheless, Jesus was real.
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·9 months agoSo was Toby, no reason to rape his wife and blame it on a ghost.
minus-squareStrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoWhere exactly did I say rape was okay?
Regardless of your belief in Christianity, Jesus was a real person. That much is historical fact.
As far as I know (please correct me if I’m wrong), apart from religious texts and later references to the religion, his existence is only recorded by one historian (josephus), but it is under dispute whether that text is authentic.
Doesn’t really matter cuz the Jesus they care about is the fictional Jesus in the story.
Your point being?
He called Jesus fictional. I corrected that.
Given the actual Jesus has as much in common with the legend as King Arthur does with whichever Brit king he’s based on, that’s just being pedantic
Nonetheless, Jesus was real.
So was Toby, no reason to rape his wife and blame it on a ghost.
Where exactly did I say rape was okay?