TimS comments on Tell Your Rationalist Origin Story - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TimS 31 December 2011 04:13:08AM 4 points [-]

the Biblical Jesus never existed according to the available evidence nor anyone substantially like him

What do you mean by this? Is there serious doubt that the Romans crucified someone named Jesus for religious sedition?


Since I was raised Jewish, I've got no emotional reason to think that Jesus was a divine figure or that the Gospels accurately describe the historical occurrences. Just curious about the consensus of historians.

Comment author: Prismattic 31 December 2011 04:18:18AM 3 points [-]

Also Jewish, and under the impression that "subversive itinerant preacher" was probably a fairly common thing in that historical period, as was "people crucified by the Roman empire".

Comment author: David_Gerard 31 December 2011 02:18:08PM 0 points [-]