Hi Atheists: Do you acknowledge that Jesus Christ existed?

Question

I've always been curious to know is it the Christian belief of Jesus Christ that goes against your thinking or the existence of Jesus Christ Himself? When saying Christian belief, I mean Him being the Son of God, His divine birth, His dying and how He arose again, etc. I'd love to hear your thoughts!

I never proclaimed THE CHRIST was a last name satanblessyou.

Deloris, thanks for being nosy, I tried to get that exact point across! But they screamed and yelled at me that wasn't true. Some of you all have no couth, I appreciate the civil answers so far, very interesting, folks.

Praetorian - if your're "not telling me nothing..." you just did!

Answer 1

Yeah, of course he existed. There's regular historical records of his life just like there is for people like Socrates or George Washington or King Tut. Atheists just don't believe that Jesus was divine and rose from the dead and did all that supernatural stuff. We think he was just a normal man.

Answer 2

It would not be surprising to find out that Jesus existed, on the other hand, the Gospel accounts are very unlikely and were written much later than when Jesus died. Contrary to what the Church tells you, there is no confirming evidence from close to that time except Josephus, and that one is questionable.Essentially there is much less evidence for Jesus that for Cesear.

But, if Jesus existed, why would I not believe that he is the Christ? Simply that there is no reason to believe in god in the first place. There is no evidence that shows the Old Testament is anything other than fiction - yes it's good for locations and cities, but nothing backs up any of the miracles. If you read it objectively (and the NT as well), God is not a nice god, by any stretch of the imagination.

So basically no proof for God, no proof for the bible, thine if jesus existed then he was just another of the messianic canidates that were running around at that time.

Oh.. you do know that there are still churches that consider John the Baptist as the messiah? I just found that out a few weeks back.

Answer 3

I acknowledge that a person, Joseph Flavius did exist and likely penned the whole thing

I will say that if Jesus did exist, he did not call self the christ or a Christian as they did Paul before he was found to be a liar for teaching to abbrogate the laws, which Jesus did not teach against as Paul did, and Paul was caught Acts 15, 21, 22

Answer 4

Probably but it is a weak case.

There are no outside sources that are actual eyewitness accounts. The only ones are things like Josephus that came at least 70 years later. These often also have problems with historians thinking for various reasons they were added later.

The Romans made no record of him and that's a bit of a problem. More of a problem is the lack of record for the census that Mary was supposed to be in Bethlehem for, after all it was a CENSUS.

It isn't that extraordinary of a claim that a rabbi named Jesus lived, so he probably did. But you have to conclude that everyone who met him wasn't impressed enough to make any record of it.

Answer 5

The Dead Sea Scrolls and a few other Documents that have been found have put into doubt the official story about Jesus. There is actually very very little evidence of his ever existing. Except for in the Bible. I believe that the Story of Jesus is a reformation of some Egyptian beliefs that may have found their way into the Hebrew mind when they were enslaved there. There are a lot of coincidences between the Story of Horus and the Story of Jesus.

Answer 6

You know, I am not an atehiest, but I am pagan ( undoubtedly just a lowley in your book). I believe that Jesus existed. I do not believe he was a child a god anymore than you or me. Was he a great man with great world changing teachings? Yes. Did he raise from the dead? No. Was he born of a virgin? There are some serious flaws in translating Aramaic to Roman, and then to English. Virgin is the same as "unmarried woman" . Incidentally, many patheons have a god born of a virgin. No, I don't believe Mary didn't have sex.

So, yeah. Some of my thoughts.

Answer 7

No. I acknowledge that 2000 years ago there was probably a carpenter by the name of 'Jesus' who was executed via crucifixion. To acknowledge anything further is silly. To call Jesus 'Jesus Christ' is to make use of the Greek word 'chrīstos', which means 'annointed' - and besides, 'Jesus Christ' is only the English name for this individual. I do not acknowledge the divinity of this Jesus, because there's no proof of it - just a bunch of words written a very long time ago and deeply subjective personal experiences.

Answer 8

Yes, there was quite possibly a man by that name who was a trouble maker, and who was executed by Pilote. There were also "disciples" of "god" in fairly recent time: David Koresh, Jim Jones, Robert Mapplewaite, Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, Amy Semple McPherson, L.Ron Hubbard, Mother Ann, and the list goes on. They existed too. They too claimed a special connection to "god." Nuff said?

Answer 9

I think that it is probable that a radical rabbi existed during the Roman Empire, and irritated them enough to where they crucified him. Perhaps there were multiple rabbis and they were merged into a single being when the legend was being created.

I don't think this guy was any sort of deity.

Answer 10

I haven't done enough research on the matter to definitely say whether or not Jesus existed. But even if he was an actual person, my rationality and grip on reality tells me that he didn't perform magic miracles or rise from the dead. These are popular occurrences in myths, but they don't happen in real life.

Answer 11

Not yet. I need some proof. He couldn't have been very important otherwise the Jews, Romans, and others living in that area at that time, would have mentioned him. I have not seen any proof of that.

It really doesn't matter. A person cannot be a son of god if god never existed.