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- by servorum December 20, 2010 10:17 AM EST
Although we know with great certainty that Jesus existed, we know little about his appearance other than that he must have looked like a 1st century Jewish man from Galilee.
"Some writers may toy with the fancy of a 'Christ-myth' but they do not do so on the ground of historical evidence.
The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for the unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar.
It is not historians who propagate the 'Christ-myth' theories."
Historical evidence?
What "historical evidence" do you possess other than the bible, which is so chock full of falsehoods and absurdities that it makes Aesop's fables and Mother Goose seem like reality?
How can you compare the bible to ACTUAL history books?!?! - Reply to this comment
- I am of the "Society of Friends"...a Christian...you can't call Jesus/Yeshua as a "Hebrew Prophet"...the Nevi'im says there are no more Prophets in Judaism since that was written...he was something special..but not the Messiah and not a "Prophet"...that only causes derision with our Mother religion ... Hebrew-ism
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- Many express their contradiction in one way or another, to the perfect manhood/ perfect Divinity of Jesus, the Son of God, the Christ that the OT prophets spoke about. He is perfect in everything including his human appearance. If I attempt to picture Him in my mind I can see in His face the following: Glory, Power, and above all Compassion to the human race. Thus I portray Him in icons I write though I falter from producing a successful portait.
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- Not sure There was any conclusion. Given the time, over 40 years ago, his presentation was atypically neutral. Mr. Reasoner betrays no personal bias himself though he probably was Christian.
During the time of Christ's ministry the Holy Land was anything but.
The resident population was firmly under the thumb of a particularly brutal governor. Pontius Pilate was not the wishy-washy, barely competent goof portrayed by the modern Christian church. Not by half. He was a brilliant, efficient, skilled and ruthless "capo" who was not a whole lot more humane than Reinhard Heydrich. During this time the middle east and North Africa was in the grip of an unusually chilly and drought prone climate period that was not seen again until the Little Ice Age 1300 years later. Agricultural output crashed and people were as likely to die from malnutrition as from Pilate's no-so-tender mercies. And there were inter-family and inter-tribal rivalries that made the chaos in post war Iraq look almost tame by comparison.
It was not a good time to be alive.
Not surprising, then, that people sought a "messiah", someone who promised relief from daily suffering that rivaled then what Darfur refugees and Hatian tent city dwellers undergo today. Nor is it surprising that someone would take up that call and preach.
Hobotron2084, newsterI, and lgcole10606: I disagree with your assumptions there was no Jesus. There was; in fact there were likely several of them roaming the Nazarean countryside during that turbulent period. - Reply to this comment
- Considering the part of the world he supposedly came from, he probably looked a lot like a Middle-Eastern person of today. Perhaps one should look to a native Israeli for a clue. I imagine someone who called himself Jesus was running around the desert a couple thousand years ago. Whether he was wise, insane, or a superb con artist is anybody's guess. I would have to question the idea that he was sent by a magical sky being.
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- "Watch and comment. What do you think of Reasoner's conclusion?"
I think Reasoner and the rest of the sky santa fanatics should seek psychiatric care. Speaking to imaginary friends is a symptom of paranoid schizophrenia. - Reply to this comment
- a myth - poppycock
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- Seeing that Jesus is eternal God, it is appropriate that no images were made of Him--which would be a violation of 2nd commandment.
By the way, many Christians believe Jesus will return on May 21, 2011--which is 7000 years after Noah's flood. This agrees with the fact that Jesus said His return will be as the days of Noah. Wonderfully, in 151 days we will learn a great deal about Jesus. - Reply to this comment
- It's not so important what he looked like as it is to know him in your heart, that's what it's all about truly. I've lived a lot of years on this earth and am not in the best of shape anymore, I've got children my ex turned against me, grandchildren I've never met or looked into their eyes because of her, but the one thing she couldn't take from me was Jesus. I talk to him daily, multiple times a day. Without him in my life it'd surely be a different world for me. Without his guidance I'd probably be behind bars for taking care of business, or dead from suicide from having my fill of the pain people can bring you. With Jesus I find calm and tranquility, I find a goal and direction, and I know there's a home for eternity awaiting me when my time is up here.
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- Thanks so much for that....i think we should be "free: to hear about Christ and Christmas all we want to and its a shame that a story like this one wouldnt make it to screen now.....i was spellbound
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