CronoDAS comments on A Parable On Obsolete Ideologies - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilosophyTutor 18 December 2011 10:23:58AM 4 points [-]

There is no meaningful historical evidence that "Jesus" ever existed. The arguments for the existence of that figure boil down to "I don't think Paul would have made all that stuff up, it's too awesome", and I don't think they merit a high degree of belief in the historicity of Jesus (although plenty of career academics would argue vociferously that this argument does indeed merit belief in a historical Jesus).

Comment author: CronoDAS 19 December 2011 09:23:58AM 0 points [-]

Even "Jesus the Bible character" shows signs of this.