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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the evidence for his divinity again?  That seems to be an unpleasant topic for some of you.

Of course without that evidence, any other evidence of human existence is nearly meaningless except for historical purposes.[/quote]

Wrong thread.[/quote]

Nope!

See the second sentence of the post you replied to. "Of course without that evidence, any other evidence of human existence is nearly meaningless except for historical purposes."  That makes it incredibly relevant to the topic of this thread.  But I know you'd prefer that part be pre-supposed.

Funny how you are so concerned with the evidence for one but dismissive of the need for it on the other.  And by funny I mean hypocritical.[/quote]

Historians, scholars, academics, and college/uni professors are concerned with truth, facts, etc. Scholars and academics aren’t hypocrites for engaging in their area of academia/scholarship and coming to the overwhelming consensus that Jesus was a historical figure.

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I didn't say they were hypocrites.  Please don't put words in my mouth.  I fully accept the scholarship that Jesus existed.

But please don't pretend the state of his divinity is not relevant to the discussion.  And for those "concerned with truth, facts, etc." which includes  "Scholars and academics" as well as laymen and forum posters, we should hold that question to the same standard as his existence, right?

Unless you are saying one has a lower bar then the other.

You are not saying that, right?

So where is the scholarly academic consensus on the topic of Jesus' divinity?[/quote]

It’s a completely different subject. [/quote]

Oh no it is not at all.  And you know it.  You just want that part presupposed.  And you go on and on about "scholars and academics" when it suits your agenda but suddenly silent on them when does not.

I'll make it easy for you: there isn't any evidence of Jesus' divinity, and that means he likely was just a man.  A regular human.  Not a god.[/quote]

Scholarship and academia and professors and researchers have something called a “cold eye.” They don’t believe anything in their fields without lots of information, research, and evidence.

Every secular, atheist, or agnostic scholar in history, archaeology, the classics, etc, believes in the historicity of Jesus Christ. It is not their job to prove or disprove the resurrection. And because they are extremely intelligent and educated, they know they don’t have the juice to do so.

Don’t put words in my mouth or tell me what I really mean or what I really want. [/quote]

But none have seen any evidence that he was a god, right?   Because there is none?  We agree on that?[/quote]

Desperate derailment attempt #231. In any case, we don't agree on that. [/quote]

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