Do you believe that Jesus Christ was a real man who walked this earth. Nothing else nothing more... Do you believe he was alive and a man on earth.\n\n\nThe first historical evidence for the life of Jesus, mentioned outside of the Bible, comes from a Jewish historian named Josephus. \n      Josephus was born in 37 A.D., just a few years after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. He was the son of a priest named Matthias and at the age of 19 he became a Pharisee in Jerusalem. Later in his life he was appointed a commander in Galilee during the Jewish revolt against Rome.
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Atheists do not dispute his existance simply his divinity. All you did was prove to Atheists something they already agree to.\n\nSilly Rabbitt
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I took a class my freshman year in college called "Early Christian Writings"......Jesus the man did exist.....historically .....there is proof of it......but many things do not fall in line the way the Bible and Christian Theoligans would like to believe or preach.  E.g. he was born 6 BC.....six years than earlier thought...which would make this year...1991?.....Also..he was very open minded.....the missing years of his life when everyone else would like to believe he was making chairs in his father's workshop....he was in the east studying eastern religions.....which is why he is so openminded.   A lot of things he said were not his words originally.   E.g.  His Sermon on the Mount was a direct quotation from Moses.......from the first five books of the bible.....this was how "The Word" was passed down in those times....orally......teachers would walk around....and his students...or "disciples" would follow him as he recited these verses.   When people asked him "are you the son of God?"....he was like...."hello McFly???? we are all the sons of God"........so they killed him.....just because he wasn't a hyprocrite.....do I think he was the Son of God?....of course....we are all...just look around you....do I think he performed miracles?......yes!!! anything is possible through God......and I believe he is the same God for everyone...just called different names....Allah, God....etc...Does God exist???is there proof??? it depends on what you believe is proof....proof has many dimensions.......and I believe faith to be one of them...you can be an Atheist....but It feels so much better to believe in something....
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I believe that Jesus did not actually die on the cross but appeared to die, similar to what your quote says.  Though he did suffer the Crucifixion out of his love for us, instead of death he went into something like a spiritual coma.  Later he came out of the "coma" and seemingly rose from death.  Then I believe he lived on and traveled to India.  My beliefs come from Meher Baba.  Here is his words on the subject:\n\n"There is one secret about Jesus which the Christians do not know. When Jesus was crucified, he did not die; he entered the state of Nirvikalp Samadhi (the "I Am God" state without bodily consciousness). On the third day, he again became conscious of his body and he traveled secretly in disguise eastward (with some apostles) to India. This was called Jesus' resurrection.\n\nAfter reaching India, he traveled farther east to Rangoon in Burma where he remained for some time. He then went north to Kashmir where he settled. When his work was finished on earth, he dropped his body and entered Nirvikalp Samadhi permanently.\n\nSaints in India have verified these facts about Jesus' travels. Mankind will soon become aware of the true life about Jesus."
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Intersting that the only reference cited outside the bible is Josefus, who never mentioned Jesus. Any reference to Jesus in his writing was added 1000 years later by other 'christians 'trying to strengthen their arguement.\n\nGreenleaf may have decided that the story was real but I don't believe that it would stand up in court. It would be interesting to look at his background.
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Jesus is "God in the flesh".\n\nJesus is real, not fiction. Read the first century Jewish historian Josephus Flavius.\n\nYou can also read "Evidence That Demands A Verdict" " More Evidence That Demands A Verdict" or "More Than A Carpenter" by Josh McDowell,  plus "A Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel and "Mere Christianity" by C.S. Lewis\n\nWho is Jesus? Really.\n\nThere are 2 ways to live.
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There are few mentions of Jesus outside religious sources.\n\nThe Roman historian Tacitus mentioned the followers of Christ, in his Roman Annals(written around 115 AD)He states that Christ was executed by Pilate in the reign of Tiberius.\n\nChrist is also mentioned by Pliny the younger in his correspondence with Trajan, about 111 D.\n\nJosephus, a jewish historian also mentions Christ in his writtings on the Jewish War.\n\nA large library of Gnostic gospels and literature found in Egypt around 1950's also tells of Christ from a religious view point.
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Wow, you're super confused! OK, first, I don't know what Catholics' believe, so I'm not going to try to guess.\n\nYou can trace John, Lukem Mark & Matthew's lineage in the bible, and before they were disciples, they were just "regular" men, they were fishers, book keepers, etc. \n\nWe celebrates Jesus birthday on December 25th. That's NOT his ACTUAL birthday, just when we celebrate it. Have you ever had a party NOT right on your birthday? I know I have. It's just symbolic, but no, I don't believe it's ACTUALLY the day he was born. \n\nJesus was crusified, and then rose 3 days later. He was moved from the cross to the tomb. 3 days after he died on the cross, he rose again. I don't believe it was a Friday to Sunday thing, that is just symbolic as well. He stayed 3 days so people could see his body, and so that they would realize he was in fact dead.\n\nJesus never stated he would stay on the earth after his death. He said he would be with us always to the end of days, yes. As a Christian, he is in your heart always. \n\nNoah didn't stay 3 days & nights. \n\nNoah was on the ark, with the animals for the 40 day- 40 night flood. Completely different story.
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When Jesus was on earth He came as a man as the Son of God.  He was flesh and therefore identified himself as a human in order to show the holiness of God His Father.
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Who said Jesus was white?  Imagine about 2000 years ago, the Middle East, a baby born there...what color do you think it was?  OMG...Think about it people!!!  Jesus was a Jew, he was from the Mediterranean, Olive skinned!!! DUH!!!
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i think he was married.\n\ni may not believe that jesus was god, BUT if he was, he ultimately came to earth as MAN. he was human. and i dont understand why people are so offended at the thought of him being married. is marraige a bad thing?
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Jesus was the most humble human to walk this earth, wouldn't you agree?  Yet he said that he came to bear witness to THE truth. (John 18:37)  He said he was THE way, THE truth, and THE life. (John 14:6)  He spoke quite clearly about there being NO other true religion than that of worshipping his Father, the only true God.  (Matthew 7:21-23; Psalm 83:18)\n\nGranted, people are not going to listen to pushy preachers, but if we feel we have "the truth" wouldn't it be a very selfish and haughty thing for us to keep it to ourselves?\n\nDo you believe there is only one true religion, the same one as was at the beginning of creation, or do you believe there are many roads to everlasting life?  (Matthew 7:13,14; John 17:3)
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Nothing is really known about Jesus, including whether he actually existed.  All the stuff written about him was written decades after he supposedly died.
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to those that quoted Tacitus his accuracy on the subject is quite suspect considering that he was not even born until 20 years after the supposed death of Jesus. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tacitus_on_Jesus\n\n\nalso the description of Jesus by Josephus has been proven to been corrupted by Christian scribes especially when compared to copies kept in Muslim lands.
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Yes, Jesus existed. ((It's in history books; also the Holy Bible)). \n\nAgain, yes, he walked the earth. What do I believe was the extent of his ministry? He was here teach his Father's will; bring all back into the fold; the gift of salvation is for everyone.\n\nHe died for all of us and all of our sins. Jesus teaches us that the greatest commandment is to love God, Abba Father with all of heart, soul and mind. The second greatest commandment is to love one another as we love ourselves.\n\nGrace to you and God Bless!
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Well done for starting to think like a human.\n\nIt is pretty obvious that the bible is not true. It is a packaged product designed to create a religious truth with which to bind (and blind) people. \n\nBind in that you believe in 'God' and you have to take the bible wholesale (imperfections, contradications and everything). Blind int hat you have to ignore the real evidence of history in order to 'believe' and be saved.\n\nArcheologists do not tend to use the bible as source material because so much of it is false. There is no historical reference to Jesus outside of a few books in the bible. \n\nIn the ancient world myths were not seen as untrue in quite the way we see them today. Myths were a way of spreading a spritual idea or 'truth' through the telling of an allegorical tale that could work on many levels. \n\nThe Egyptians, for example, were prodigious record keepers. We have found written accounts for the tiniest minutea of their daily lives, and records for nobles and royal families stretching back many thousands of years. We even know the names of those kings that that they tried to have 'erased' from history. \nYet nowhere in any of these records is a high nobleman called 'Moses' recorded. And there is no mention anywhere of the Jews being held captive in Egypt, or of thousands of Jewish 'slaves' suddenly up and leaving via the red sea. \n\nRead the bible, by all means. But do not take it literally!
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I believe He was born during the Fall season.  I don't believe that Jesus was born during the Winter and especially not on Dec. 25th.  I think telling people this is ultimately ... lying.  If one chooses to celebrate the life of Jesus being born ... fine.  I just think it should be made clear that it's not His birthday (Dec. 25th) we celebrate but basically that He was born unto us to save us from our sins.
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no no no wrong... jesus came to this earth in the human form.. naturally since there were so many communities he had to be under one.. the truth is, by chance the good people to who he was born turned out to be jews.. so he was born in a jew family on earth.. that does not men he was a jew before that.. so obviously neither is God.