• Xerxos@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    There is next to no evidence of Jesus Christ unless you count Christian sources, which have a bit of a bias.

    The Romans for example were big on book keeping, yet no mention of Jesus can be found.

    The existence of Jesus is possible, but far from certain - of course that’s something Christians don’t like to hear and the Christian church actively fights.

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      1 day ago

      Not sure what you’d expect to find? 2000 year old court records from an outlying province? A long form birth certificate? His tax returns?

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          11 hours ago

          In that case there are tons of historical figures that should be assumed to have not existed. If we had such high standards we would have to erase most of our ancient history as rumor.

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          You really think that after 2000 years that would have survived? How long do you think papyrus lasts? And where would they have stored? The middle east is well known to be geopolitically stable