All the historical evidence for Jesus in one room

  • blackbelt352@lemmy.world
    195·
    2 years ago

    Is something true because the majority says that it is true or because it is true?

    This is pseudo-skeptical nonsense. These scholars have done the research and digging into sources and have the evidence that Jesus, the man, existed in the time that the gospels Bible describes. Until you have evidence that either disproves his existence or disproves all the historical records, this is contrarian nonsense with no basis in how historical research is done.

    • yata@sh.itjust.works
      94·
      2 years ago

      hese scholars have done the research and digging into sources and have the evidence that Jesus, the man, existed in the time that the gospels Bible describes.

      That is untrue. The consensus that he likely existed isn’t founded on any contemporary evidence, because there is none. They assume he existed from events and sources that all stems from a period after he purportedly died.

      The fact that there isn’t any contemporary evidence is an indisputable fact, acknowledged by the historians who believe that Jesus existed as well.

        • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.worldOP
          22·
          2 years ago

          You want a citation that there is no evidence? Isnt this reversing the burden of proof? Claims require evidence, lack of evidence is not something that has to be demonstrated.

      • blackbelt352@lemmy.world
        33·
        2 years ago

        Well a good place to start is the citations at the bottom of the Wikipedia page on the historic figure of Jesus I know many others have posted and you are quite conveniently ignoring. After that it’s probably lots of googling and going to libraries and archives to find the information you’re looking for.