Both were supposedly great teachers but there's no real proof of either's existence. Only what others wrote about them.
2006-08-16 13:57:52 · 13 answers · asked by jerse15 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Does a lack of proof equate to a lack of fact.
I can not prove many things. I can't prove my great grandfather existed, but I know he did.
2006-08-16 14:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by Jon H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But Socrates was accused of spreading athesim. Plus, Archimedes and all of Socrates contemporaries would had more to gain from saying they invented the methods of Socrates, rather then some made up character. Sure you could say there is no actual proof, but then so did many other ancient people. It is possible to compare Jesus with Socrates, but it's an incredibly broad comparison as they have very few other commonality.
2006-08-16 21:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by LZ1980 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With Jesus, he have four biographies written by three men who actually knew him, and the fourth by someone who only included events for which he could find eye witnesses (such as the person healed).
We have the words of a secular historian who was a contemporary of Jesus who reports information about his life, teachings, miracles, death adn ressurection. We have the Jewish Talmud, written less then 60 years after Jesus' ressurection, by his enemies, that confrims he existed. If he had never existed, surely his enemies would have said "He never lived" rather than confirm his existance, miracles and death.
We have over 3 million converts to Christianity amoung the Jews within the first 25 years after the resurrection of Jesus, who lived in Jerusalem, Judea (where Jesus taught), Capernaum (where he lived) and the rest of Israel. How do you convert that many people to believe in someon who never lived - right in the cities where he never lived, taught, or did miracles? Those people would have known that he never lived, never taught to crowds of thousands, and was never crucified. But they believed...
We knew that within 33-35 years of his resurrection, belief in Jesus had become so common that the Roman Empire had to ban the religion. The emporer was blaming them burning Rome and other crimes. If Jesus did not exist, why did this religion suddenly spring up? What was it based? (And anyone who says belief in Mithra - a roman god - then has to explain why all these roman's left their god to accept an imitation of him instead).
We have the writing of Paul, Peter, James, Jude, and others, who claimed to have knew Jesus personally and clung to the death claim when persecuted, tortured and executed. Why if they knew it was a lie?
When you look at the facts, there is overwhelming evidence that Jesus Christ existed.
2006-08-16 21:32:48 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think there are a number of parallels between Socrates and Jesus.
What really seems to convince skeptics of the existence of Socrates isn't what Plato wrote about him, but Aristophanes' mocking portrayal of Socrates.
2006-08-16 21:04:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus reveals Himself to the heart of the person seeking Him in spirit and in truth. He revealed Himself to me over 3 years ago. I've been a believer ever since. In order to really know Jesus you have to believe in Him by faith not by sight. I don't have any proof of His existance today that I can physically show you, the proof lives inside of me. It would be as if I took a bite of an apple and asked you how it tasted. Your obvious answer would be "How would I know, you ate it?" And you'd be right. Jesus has revealed Himself to me so I know beyond a shadow of a doubt He existed. If He hasn't done this for you how could you possibly know?
I don't think I answered your question, sorry.. Just felt like sharing. God bless
2006-08-16 21:13:06 · answer #5 · answered by **Super Baby** 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eyewitnesses writing about a person while others who were around were still alive and could agree or disagree with the writing--we consider that pretty good evidence, especially when many writers agree and no one stands up to write that the person never existed.
No serious intellectual disputes the existance of Jesus as an historical person.
2006-08-16 21:12:56 · answer #6 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both existed. Jesus was not divine. Socrates was a cool dude.
2006-08-16 21:03:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Socrates existed.
2006-08-16 21:02:02 · answer #8 · answered by Mrs. Pears 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roman tax records say Jesus existed. I'm thinking that the government of the time wouldn't tax a non existant person.
2006-08-16 21:03:51 · answer #9 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And people believe in Socrates more than they do Jesus... What a shame.
2006-08-16 21:03:02 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋