To: Scott Bergquist who wrote (8635 ) 12/9/2001 10:15:14 PM From: briskit Read Replies (1) | Respond to Are you saying there was no Jesus? "For such a person." Jesus really became something through the commitment of his followers. He was not much to many people during his life, really. He had 12 close followers who by all accounts really didn't know what to make of him either until after he died. I take it you have considered the Josephus passages and concluded there are no authentic references? Edwin M Yamauchi, PhD (Mediterranean Studies at Brandeis) talks about the section referring to Ananias, the Roman governor Festus, and James the brother of Jesus, who was called the Christ. He says he knows of no scholar who has successfully disputed the passage. He is an example of a learned person who has weighed the evidence and the debating sides. How many Jews convicted and sentenced to crucifixion are mentioned in Roman or Jewish history from that time? Raising a point to consider does not make it true. But if you find yourself convinced, then you have your position decided about it.
