No one has the slightest physical evidence to support a historical Jesus; no artifacts, dwelling, works of carpentry, or self-written manuscripts. All claims about Jesus derive from writings of other people. There occurs no contemporary Roman record that shows Pontius Pilate executing a man named Jesus. Devastating to historians, there occurs not a single contemporary writing that mentions Jesus. All documents about Jesus got written well after the life of the alleged Jesus from either: unknown authors, people who had never met an earthly Jesus, or from fraudulent, mythical or allegorical writings. Although one can argue that many of these writings come from fraud or interpolations, I will use the information and dates to show that even if these sources did not come from interpolations, they could still not serve as reliable evidence for a historical Jesus, simply because all sources derive from hearsay accounts.
Hearsay means information derived from other people rather than on a witness' own knowledge.
Courts of law do not generally allow hearsay as testimony, and nor does honest modern scholarship. Hearsay provides no proof or good evidence, and therefore, we should dismiss it.
If you do not understand this, imagine yourself confronted with a charge for a crime which you know you did not commit. You feel confident that no one can prove guilt because you know that there exists no evidence whatsoever for the charge against you. Now imagine that you stand present in a court of law that allows hearsay as evidence. When the prosecution presents its case, everyone who takes the stand against you claims that you committed the crime, not as a witness themselves, but solely because other people said so. None of these other people, mind you, ever show up in court, nor can anyone find them.
Hearsay does not work as evidence because we have no way of knowing whether the person lies, or simply bases his or her information on wrongful belief or bias. We know from history about witchcraft trials and kangaroo courts that hearsay provides neither reliable nor fair statements of evidence. We know that mythology can arise out of no good information whatsoever. We live in a world where many people believe in demons, UFOs, ghosts, or monsters, and an innumerable number of fantasies believed as fact taken from nothing but belief and hearsay. It derives from these reasons why hearsay cannot serves as good evidence, and the same reasoning must go against the claims of a historical Jesus or any other historical person.
Authors of ancient history today, of course, can only write from indirect observation in a time far removed from their aim. But a valid historian's own writing gets cited with sources that trace to the subject themselves, or to eyewitnesses and artifacts. For example a historian today who writes about the life of George Washington, of course, can not serve as an eyewitness, but he can provide citations to documents which give personal or eyewitness accounts. None of the historians about Jesus give reliable sources to eyewitnesses, therefore all we have remains as hearsay.
But there is proof of where humans came from but it was not god
2006-07-14 12:19:52
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answered by jmatt_inc 3
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1. i was taught that god was always there, even before time...my theory is that the writers of the hebrew testement had used the story of Adam and Eve and Creation to explain the ultimate question "where did we come from"....i believe that these stories were made up to help establish the begining of the faith, which prophets like Abraham and Noah continued to build on.
2. it is true that god does have our lives planned out, but there are choices we can make that can change this...god gave us free will, which gives us the option to choose right from wrong...i think god has our lives planned out by the options that we make, but only has our lives planned to a certain extent..so he wouldn't have planned you writting this, but he would have planned your career, college, who you will marry or if you were to stay single and when you will die...the rest is up to you to choose.
3. don't really understand your 3rd question but i'll give it a shot...as god gave us free will, we can choose what to do with our lives..weither that means we will sin or do good... depending on what you choose to do determines wether your a sinner or not...also every person has their own view on sinner and what you have to do to become one, such has making a small mistake like cheating on a test or taking it to the extreams and murdering someone...as far as hell goes, its debated...personally i don't believe in hell because the bible says that god is all powerfull, yet forgiving...if he is forgiving, why would he condem anyone to hell, no matter what they have done.
2006-07-09 12:51:03
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answered by lost cause 2
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Your first question is like the old: "Which came first the Chicken or the Egg?" Humanity created God(s) to explain the inexplicable (volcanoes errupting, sunrise, sunset, etc. for example) and he/she/it still exists as a concept today to answer questions like: Where did we come from? or Why do we exist?
Christianity and other Religions were created by humanity to organize and catagorize how to believe and which God (if there is one) concept is the "right" one. Sin or lack thereof is the Religious methodology for CONTROLLING society. If you Sin you risk Hell (if there is one) and if you don't you'll be rewarded with eternal peace in Heaven (if there is one). It's also a method of absolving themselves of being RESPONSIBLE for much of anything because it's all inspired by God (if there is one). In other words God made me do this or that regardless of weather it was right or wrong.
Please check out the website www.uua.org to find a Religion based upon being RESPONSIBLE. Live respecting yourself, others, and our environment! PEACE!
2006-07-09 12:48:46
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answered by thebigm57 7
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read Holy blood Holy grail, Genesis of the Grail Kings,The Ring Lords and Pagan Europe.... Then get back to me on this..isn't it proof enough that Christianity expects you to believe the earth is only 4000 years old?..Something the Caths didn't think about modern forensics blowing the lid off of..let alone paleontology
I'm not saying the belief system is a bad thing.. allot of people need rules in order to know how to behave...But there is NO god as they present him....Here's one HUGE contradiction..God is perfect right?.. He can do no wrong...right? He created everything in his image, right? And everything is prewritten, preclandestined...God knows what your next move is..right (the sorty I keep hearing, but can't find it in the bible I've read 39 times)...They WHY did he create imperfection, sinners to cast into hell?...fodder..wasted flesh...junk...natural selection?...I hear ALLOT of barking with no research behind it.. They repeat what ever preacher they were listening to spoke to them..Few if any even read the bible..I know this because it shows in their ignorance and arrgance...
2006-07-09 12:39:32
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answered by TimeWastersInc 6
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The extra you study the Bible and seem up the marginal references the extra expertise and connections you'll see. The Lord Jesus Christ oftentimes made connection with the old testomony Scriptures for there are a mode of references almost about him that were prophecied thousands of years before. those prophecies have come authentic, all that is except for the finest ones even as Jesus returns. Prophecies which appeared completely not likely as interior the 1800's with the regathering of the Jewish people to their land. Now we take it with no interest that they are back there yet till after the holocaust this had not take position. The extra you examine the Bible, all of it, and study it the extra you'll make links and 'listen the echoes' of Scripture. in case you truly want to study that's a desirable e book which continually provides 'mild bulb' moments once you spot how one area resolves yet another. i visit thoroughly propose it.
2016-10-14 07:09:07
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answered by Erika 4
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there are a lot of theories on gods creation. The Footprints of God by Greg iles is my favorite!
2006-07-09 12:45:47
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answered by Chuck M 2
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Very good questions!!!
Pertaining to who created God, by no means we will end up asking who created who and becomes un-ending.
Maybe we should stick mainly to the theory that He comes from nothing and exists from nothing.
With all your remaining questions; please go to http//www.familyfed.org. and study everything there!
Good luck! Good day! & happy surfing!!!
2006-07-09 13:02:13
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answered by bujin 2
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1) God was always there,and maybe he was making millions of other worlds and galaxies and the rest of the universe
2)idk
3)idk
SORRY
2006-07-09 13:00:06
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answered by Courtney 2
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reed the bib lol u shud bleev it bc it is the truth. it has to be the truth bc it is a book.
2006-07-09 12:38:48
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answered by Anonymous
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