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Originally Posted by Kris10
You can claim that you've done anything. I could claim right now that I drive a Porsche, date Brad Pitt and rose from the dead just last Wednesday. Whether people believe it is another story. Documented history can also be questioned along these lines. Whether the scribe was truthful or not is probably known only to the scribe. If he made his truth sound good enough, chances are people will believe it. It is just like today's tabloids.
This is where faith comes in. Faith involves sticking our neck out into the unknown and intangible because of a belief we hold dear. Whether Jesus existed, died and rose again can be debated historically, but there is no question that millions believe this to be true. I'd rather have faith than fact when it comes to my religion because I'd rather live on hope, change and perhaps the miraculous. There's enough fact in this world to bring me down.
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Did you read the essay I linked to? Not a scribes work, historians, as well as historical documents. These arent people who followed jesus around and hoped he found their writings favorable. They were writing from the view point of the Romans and Jews of the day Both of which had reason to see Jesus discredited.
As far as being able to claim what you do. If you claim you drive a Porsche and date Brad Pit do you think that would stand up to the scrutiny that Jesus has endured?
I dont know about other faiths, but I know that as a christain you are admonished by God the father to test him and know he is true. A believer in Jesus is asked to trust by faith he is the Messiah, that is what you take on faith, beyond that Jesus' followers are repeatedly instructed to search, study, and test God. The reason the followers of Jesus today are ineffective is they have been raised on faith and grace. They think they dont have to know for sure because all they need is faith.
