that he was god and did miracles and magic and was born from a virgin impregnated by god.
Again, we have tall tales about any number of historical (even still living) figures. “The Pope isn’t a wizard, therefore he doesn’t exist” doesn’t logically follow.
You are completely focused on my apparent assertion that Jesus never existed
“There’s no evidence Jesus existed” was the base claim.
Who exactly, in this thread, made that claim? FORGET the whole Jesus thing. That was never the point, which you latched onto like it owes you money.
OP’s assertion, summarized: the existence of book “X” is not proof that its contents are truthful, because fiction books exist
Your response: book “Y” exists that is fiction, but has a character from book X, so the argument is invalid
You are arguing all over this thread against the claim that Jesus didn’t exist, and yet I don’t see that anyone in this thread made that claim.
OP’s claim is that the bible is not proof that god exists, and the quran is not proof that allah exists. That’s it. Your response about Caesar and Lincoln is invalid because the core claims of their factual existence (remember: vs. god/allah, not Jesus!) are not based on a single, curated book of stories with miracles and magic. There is no religious movement claiming that Lincoln chased vampires, nor is that book considered core documentation describing the life of Lincoln. Your argument is irrelevant.
Again, we have tall tales about any number of historical (even still living) figures. “The Pope isn’t a wizard, therefore he doesn’t exist” doesn’t logically follow.
“There’s no evidence Jesus existed” was the base claim.
Who exactly, in this thread, made that claim? FORGET the whole Jesus thing. That was never the point, which you latched onto like it owes you money.
OP’s assertion, summarized: the existence of book “X” is not proof that its contents are truthful, because fiction books exist Your response: book “Y” exists that is fiction, but has a character from book X, so the argument is invalid
You are arguing all over this thread against the claim that Jesus didn’t exist, and yet I don’t see that anyone in this thread made that claim.
OP’s claim is that the bible is not proof that god exists, and the quran is not proof that allah exists. That’s it. Your response about Caesar and Lincoln is invalid because the core claims of their factual existence (remember: vs. god/allah, not Jesus!) are not based on a single, curated book of stories with miracles and magic. There is no religious movement claiming that Lincoln chased vampires, nor is that book considered core documentation describing the life of Lincoln. Your argument is irrelevant.