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Originally Posted by nof60
Really? There is proog that the Buddha existed. He is mentioned in several reliable sources written during his long unhappy life. When a prince goes bonkers and starves himself to the edge of death it is newsworthy.
Muhammed is mentioned in many texts written during his life. Again when you are a fairly brutal warlord and sack a few of your enemies city's it is newsworthy.
Even Joseph Smith can be absolutely and beyond all doubt proven to have been a real person. When a con man is murdered it makes good headlines.
However when a (edit) is crucified in a backwater of the Roman Empire as a common criminal it does not seem to warrant any mention. Despite the fact that eventually your name will bring down the most advanced civilisation (Roman Empire)the world has ever known and plunge the world into the horror of the dark ages and cause more war and evil to be done than any other name ever right up to present day.
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Really? Didn't exist? C'mon; about 40 authors of the Bible say He did, and agreed on the facts. (Just try that on AO) Trying to dispute that it didn't happen would be akin to arguing with 3 juries that have carefully reviewed the facts and decided that it did.
The Quoran and the Torah, both believe Jesus was real. However they disagree on who he was. I think most rational people will agree that He existed.
The question is: who is He? If He was lying, would he have taken enough lashes to kill most people and still not recant? He may have, if He were
crazy enough. If they were all crazy, his disciples would have died next to Him, but they didn't. Later, they all died for there belief in Him. Horrible deaths, but none recanted. Pretty strong evidence that what transpired later, convinced them without a doubt that the Lord was who He said He was.
There are records of his disciples being real people as well.
Conversely, Joseph Smith and Buddha were the only architects of their religious writings.
The Romans saw Jesus as a threat to their control, as He was called a king. So naturally they did not give him a lot of weight in their records.
Your assertion that His birth caused suffering is a red herring. The crusades and spanish inquisition had nothing to do with God, and a lot to do with catholics and power.