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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if you aren't convinced he actually existed but do think the "story" of Jesus had a profound effect on humanity? Some good, some bad. [/quote]

Then I think you just appreciate good literature?  I'm OP.  I'm positive he existed.[/quote]

You might be positive, but you can't really know.  He lived too long ago, as a simple carpenter -- there is no proof of his existence.  There is proof of christianity existing in the first century, but not of its founder.[/quote]

This is true. If there really was a Jesus, he left no writings or his own, and no one started writing about him until the next century. Furthermore, if there really was a Jesus, why no mention in Roman histories?  True, some versions of Josephus mention Jesus, but these are clearly Christian inserts. Moreover, the writings about Jesus contain nothing new. His sayings are quotations from the Old Testament. Even his throwing the money changers out of the Temple was a common practice at that time. [/quote]
Actually that whole part about God becoming human and dwelling among us is pretty novel; Jesus's divinity is what is so unique about him. That and the rising from the dead thing. [/quote]

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