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Michael Paulkovich finds no mention of Christ in 126 historical texts Daily Mail Online
Historical researcher Michael Paulkovich has claimed that Jesus of Nazareth was a ‘mythical character’ and never existed.
The controversial discovery was apparently made after he found no verifiable mention of Christ from 126 writers during the ‘time of Jesus’ from the first to third centuries.
He says he is a fictional character invented by followers of Christianity to create a figure to worship.
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The 126 texts he studied were all written in the period during or soon after the supposed existence of Jesus, when Paulkovich says they would surely have heard of someone as famous as Jesus - but none mention him.
'When I consider those 126 writers, all of whom should have heard of Jesus but did not - and Paul and Marcion and Athenagoras and Matthew with a tetralogy of opposing Christs, the silence from Qumram and Nazareth and Bethlehem, conflicting Bible stories, and so many other mysteries and omissions - I must conclude that Christ is a mythical character,’ he writes.
‘"Jesus of Nazareth" was nothing more than urban (or desert) legend, likely an agglomeration of several evangelic and deluded rabbis who might have existed.’
Does this mean that his mum wasn't impregnated by a magical, invisible sky creature?
Remembering when the DaVinci Code hit. There was talk that it would change forever the way people believed in god but I've seen any evidence that happened. This will surely have the same non-effect because people want and desperately need to believe the myth.
Half of New Testament forged, Bible scholar says
By John Blake, CNN
(CNN) - A frail man sits in chains inside a dank, cold prison cell. He has escaped death before but now realizes that his execution is drawing near.
“I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come,” the man –the Apostle Paul - says in the Bible's 2 Timothy. “I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.”
The passage is one of the most dramatic scenes in the New Testament. Paul, the most prolific New Testament author, is saying goodbye from a Roman prison cell before being beheaded. His goodbye veers from loneliness to defiance and, finally, to joy.
There’s one just one problem - Paul didn’t write those words. In fact, virtually half the New Testament was written by impostors taking on the names of apostles like Paul. At least according to Bart D. Ehrman, a renowned biblical scholar, who makes the charges in his new book “Forged.”
Half of New Testament forged Bible scholar says 8211 CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs
Julius Caesar — One of the most celebrated and trusted historical figures. Caesar lived from 100-44 BC and the earliest manuscript copy of his writings dates back to 900 AD, putting our best evidence of Caesar ever existing 1,000 years after his death. And there are 10 copies of ancient manuscripts of Caesar’s Gallic Wars. (source) So if you question the Bible based on when it was written, being “translated so many times” (it was not – we still have the same Greek manuscripts today) and still question whether Jesus existed, then you must also be really sure that Julius Caesar and Plato were completely fictional characters and never really existed.
no....When people only lived to be 29 years on average? .
lol....Julius Caesar — One of the most celebrated and trusted historical figures. Caesar lived from 100-44 BC and the earliest manuscript copy of his writings dates back to 900 AD, putting our best evidence of Caesar ever existing 1,000 years after his death. And there are 10 copies of ancient manuscripts of Caesar’s Gallic Wars. (source) So if you question the Bible based on when it was written, being “translated so many times” (it was not – we still have the same Greek manuscripts today) and still question whether Jesus existed, then you must also be really sure that Julius Caesar and Plato were completely fictional characters and never really existed.
Julius Caesar — Yet another theory states that at least part of the Jesus Narratives are based on Julius Cesar
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Jesus Was Caesar: On the Julian Origin of Christianity: An Investigative ReportFrancesco Carotta
Julius Christ and Jesus Caesar - Julius Cesar as Jesus Christ
were you perhaps thinking of life expectancy instead?.....taking infant mortality into account.....no....When people only lived to be 29 years on average? .
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Christianity is just one of many religions that in our very brief human history will come and go. Like the Greek Gods.
For over 100 years after Christ there was an attempt to wipe out anything and everything that had to do with Christ. And here we are 2,000 years later, talking about Christ. And here is the reason:
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
And He has never lied to us.
What appears most revealing comes not from what people later wrote about Jesus but what people did not write about him. Consider that not a single historian, philosopher, scribe or follower anywhere in the world during Jesus’ time ever mentions him. If, indeed, the Gospels portray a historical look at the life of Jesus, then the one feature that stands out prominently within the stories shows that people claimed to know Jesus far and wide.
If, indeed, such a well known Jesus existed, as the gospels allege, does any reader here think it reasonable that, at the very least, the fame of Jesus would not have reached the ears of any of the great writers of the day?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
The area in and surrounding Jerusalem served, in fact, as the center of education and record keeping for the Jewish people. The Romans, of course, also kept many records. Moreover, the gospels mention scribes many times, not only as followers of Jesus but the scribes connected with the high priests. And as for historians, there lived plenty at the time who had the capacity and capability to record, not only insignificant gossip, but significant events, especially from a religious sect who drew so much popular attention through an allegedly famous and infamous Jesus.
Amazingly, we have not one Jewish, Greek, or Roman writer, even those who lived in the Middle East, much less anywhere else on the earth, who ever mention him during his supposed life time. This appears quite extraordinary, and you will find few Christian apologists who dare mention this embarrassing fact.
Yet straight-faced Christian apologists and historians want you to buy a factual Jesus out of a dearth void of evidence, and rely on nothing but hearsay written well after his purported life.
Christianity is just one of many religions that in our very brief human history will come and go. Like the Greek Gods.
For over 100 years after Christ there was an attempt to wipe out anything and everything that had to do with Christ. And here we are 2,000 years later, talking about Christ. And here is the reason:
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
And He has never lied to us.
What appears most revealing comes not from what people later wrote about Jesus but what people did not write about him. Consider that not a single historian, philosopher, scribe or follower anywhere in the world during Jesus’ time ever mentions him. If, indeed, the Gospels portray a historical look at the life of Jesus, then the one feature that stands out prominently within the stories shows that people claimed to know Jesus far and wide.
If, indeed, such a well known Jesus existed, as the gospels allege, does any reader here think it reasonable that, at the very least, the fame of Jesus would not have reached the ears of any of the great writers of the day?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
The area in and surrounding Jerusalem served, in fact, as the center of education and record keeping for the Jewish people. The Romans, of course, also kept many records. Moreover, the gospels mention scribes many times, not only as followers of Jesus but the scribes connected with the high priests. And as for historians, there lived plenty at the time who had the capacity and capability to record, not only insignificant gossip, but significant events, especially from a religious sect who drew so much popular attention through an allegedly famous and infamous Jesus.
Amazingly, we have not one Jewish, Greek, or Roman writer, even those who lived in the Middle East, much less anywhere else on the earth, who ever mention him during his supposed life time. This appears quite extraordinary, and you will find few Christian apologists who dare mention this embarrassing fact.
Yet straight-faced Christian apologists and historians want you to buy a factual Jesus out of a dearth void of evidence, and rely on nothing but hearsay written well after his purported life.
Unequivocally untrue. The whole transcript of Christ's trial survived, and his return was also documented, as was the testimony of 2 former Temple priests that came back with him. In Hebrew, on papyrus, and correctly dated.
Philosophers debated why the sun went dark for 3 hours during His crucifixion.
Only the uneducated would believe that Christ never existed.
Christianity is just one of many religions that in our very brief human history will come and go. Like the Greek Gods.
For over 100 years after Christ there was an attempt to wipe out anything and everything that had to do with Christ. And here we are 2,000 years later, talking about Christ. And here is the reason:
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
And He has never lied to us.
What appears most revealing comes not from what people later wrote about Jesus but what people did not write about him. Consider that not a single historian, philosopher, scribe or follower anywhere in the world during Jesus’ time ever mentions him. If, indeed, the Gospels portray a historical look at the life of Jesus, then the one feature that stands out prominently within the stories shows that people claimed to know Jesus far and wide.
If, indeed, such a well known Jesus existed, as the gospels allege, does any reader here think it reasonable that, at the very least, the fame of Jesus would not have reached the ears of any of the great writers of the day?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
The area in and surrounding Jerusalem served, in fact, as the center of education and record keeping for the Jewish people. The Romans, of course, also kept many records. Moreover, the gospels mention scribes many times, not only as followers of Jesus but the scribes connected with the high priests. And as for historians, there lived plenty at the time who had the capacity and capability to record, not only insignificant gossip, but significant events, especially from a religious sect who drew so much popular attention through an allegedly famous and infamous Jesus.
Amazingly, we have not one Jewish, Greek, or Roman writer, even those who lived in the Middle East, much less anywhere else on the earth, who ever mention him during his supposed life time. This appears quite extraordinary, and you will find few Christian apologists who dare mention this embarrassing fact.
Yet straight-faced Christian apologists and historians want you to buy a factual Jesus out of a dearth void of evidence, and rely on nothing but hearsay written well after his purported life.
Unequivocally untrue. The whole transcript of Christ's trial survived, and his return was also documented, as was the testimony of 2 former Temple priests that came back with him. In Hebrew, on papyrus, and correctly dated.
Philosophers debated why the sun went dark for 3 hours during His crucifixion.
Only the uneducated would believe that Christ never existed.
So the entire argument made by evangelic atheists is just a seriously flawed argument from silence, and circular reasoning from that flawed argument.
yawn.
Yet, when babbling nonsense re the 'science' of evolution, they will insist silly ad hoc explanations based purely on imagination and confirmation bias are not only acceptable but necessary.
Christianity is just one of many religions that in our very brief human history will come and go. Like the Greek Gods.
For over 100 years after Christ there was an attempt to wipe out anything and everything that had to do with Christ. And here we are 2,000 years later, talking about Christ. And here is the reason:
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
And He has never lied to us.
What appears most revealing comes not from what people later wrote about Jesus but what people did not write about him. Consider that not a single historian, philosopher, scribe or follower anywhere in the world during Jesus’ time ever mentions him. If, indeed, the Gospels portray a historical look at the life of Jesus, then the one feature that stands out prominently within the stories shows that people claimed to know Jesus far and wide.
If, indeed, such a well known Jesus existed, as the gospels allege, does any reader here think it reasonable that, at the very least, the fame of Jesus would not have reached the ears of any of the great writers of the day?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
The area in and surrounding Jerusalem served, in fact, as the center of education and record keeping for the Jewish people. The Romans, of course, also kept many records. Moreover, the gospels mention scribes many times, not only as followers of Jesus but the scribes connected with the high priests. And as for historians, there lived plenty at the time who had the capacity and capability to record, not only insignificant gossip, but significant events, especially from a religious sect who drew so much popular attention through an allegedly famous and infamous Jesus.
Amazingly, we have not one Jewish, Greek, or Roman writer, even those who lived in the Middle East, much less anywhere else on the earth, who ever mention him during his supposed life time. This appears quite extraordinary, and you will find few Christian apologists who dare mention this embarrassing fact.
Yet straight-faced Christian apologists and historians want you to buy a factual Jesus out of a dearth void of evidence, and rely on nothing but hearsay written well after his purported life.
Unequivocally untrue. The whole transcript of Christ's trial survived, and his return was also documented, as was the testimony of 2 former Temple priests that came back with him. In Hebrew, on papyrus, and correctly dated.
Philosophers debated why the sun went dark for 3 hours during His crucifixion.
Only the uneducated would believe that Christ never existed.
Onus is on you to provide credible substantiation for your allegations.
Where is this transcript?
Where is this "documentation"?
Where is the independent verification of the dating?
Christianity is just one of many religions that in our very brief human history will come and go. Like the Greek Gods.
For over 100 years after Christ there was an attempt to wipe out anything and everything that had to do with Christ. And here we are 2,000 years later, talking about Christ. And here is the reason:
Luke 21:33
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.
And He has never lied to us.
What appears most revealing comes not from what people later wrote about Jesus but what people did not write about him. Consider that not a single historian, philosopher, scribe or follower anywhere in the world during Jesus’ time ever mentions him. If, indeed, the Gospels portray a historical look at the life of Jesus, then the one feature that stands out prominently within the stories shows that people claimed to know Jesus far and wide.
If, indeed, such a well known Jesus existed, as the gospels allege, does any reader here think it reasonable that, at the very least, the fame of Jesus would not have reached the ears of any of the great writers of the day?[TBODY] [/TBODY]
The area in and surrounding Jerusalem served, in fact, as the center of education and record keeping for the Jewish people. The Romans, of course, also kept many records. Moreover, the gospels mention scribes many times, not only as followers of Jesus but the scribes connected with the high priests. And as for historians, there lived plenty at the time who had the capacity and capability to record, not only insignificant gossip, but significant events, especially from a religious sect who drew so much popular attention through an allegedly famous and infamous Jesus.
Amazingly, we have not one Jewish, Greek, or Roman writer, even those who lived in the Middle East, much less anywhere else on the earth, who ever mention him during his supposed life time. This appears quite extraordinary, and you will find few Christian apologists who dare mention this embarrassing fact.
Yet straight-faced Christian apologists and historians want you to buy a factual Jesus out of a dearth void of evidence, and rely on nothing but hearsay written well after his purported life.
Unequivocally untrue. The whole transcript of Christ's trial survived, and his return was also documented, as was the testimony of 2 former Temple priests that came back with him. In Hebrew, on papyrus, and correctly dated.
Philosophers debated why the sun went dark for 3 hours during His crucifixion.
Only the uneducated would believe that Christ never existed.
Onus is on you to provide credible substantiation for your allegations.
Where is this transcript?
Where is this "documentation"?
Where is the independent verification of the dating?
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
Michael Paulkovich finds no mention of Christ in 126 historical texts Daily Mail Online
Historical researcher Michael Paulkovich has claimed that Jesus of Nazareth was a ‘mythical character’ and never existed.
The controversial discovery was apparently made after he found no verifiable mention of Christ from 126 writers during the ‘time of Jesus’ from the first to third centuries.
He says he is a fictional character invented by followers of Christianity to create a figure to worship.
...
The 126 texts he studied were all written in the period during or soon after the supposed existence of Jesus, when Paulkovich says they would surely have heard of someone as famous as Jesus - but none mention him.
'When I consider those 126 writers, all of whom should have heard of Jesus but did not - and Paul and Marcion and Athenagoras and Matthew with a tetralogy of opposing Christs, the silence from Qumram and Nazareth and Bethlehem, conflicting Bible stories, and so many other mysteries and omissions - I must conclude that Christ is a mythical character,’ he writes.
‘"Jesus of Nazareth" was nothing more than urban (or desert) legend, likely an agglomeration of several evangelic and deluded rabbis who might have existed.’
Does this mean that his mum wasn't impregnated by a magical, invisible sky creature?
Remembering when the DaVinci Code hit. There was talk that it would change forever the way people believed in god but I've seen any evidence that happened. This will surely have the same non-effect because people want and desperately need to believe the myth.
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
Your were asked to provide the documentation for your allegations.
Instead you spout your religious dogma.
Thank you for tacitly conceding that you were lying in your earlier posts.
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
Your were asked to provide the documentation for your allegations.
Instead you spout your religious dogma.
Thank you for tacitly conceding that you were lying in your earlier posts.
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
Your were asked to provide the documentation for your allegations.
Instead you spout your religious dogma.
Thank you for tacitly conceding that you were lying in your earlier posts.
Prove Abraham existed
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
Your were asked to provide the documentation for your allegations.
Instead you spout your religious dogma.
Thank you for tacitly conceding that you were lying in your earlier posts.
The transcript of Christ's trial would have convinced him if he had done his homework. Lots of people were crucified. Only one rose from the dead. That's the one who took the punishment for our sins on himself. Jesus, the Christ.
Get your stories straight. From one side of your mouths you claim the rulers of the time insisted all evidence of him disappear. Writing about him was illegal and anything got destroyed. That's not true.
Then you say there are writings about him that were written during his times. Were are these documents?
Oh, and if that's how rulers and societies act about religion where they denied the Messiah, why would you want me to trust this society today or the churches of our times? Are you all mad?
