okay... youre in /my/ territory now....
im doing a degree int he bloopdy subject for goodness sakes.
theres little argument as to whether Jesus existed. whether or not he was 'the son of god' is another question entirely... we spend most of our tutorials looking at things like that....
the documentary on bbc we watched some of... i found it fascinating myself and very accurate in what it was saying, and rfom the sound of it, the one on the history channel may have been the same one... i dunno.. do you know what it was called?? i kinda want to watch it cause it would be useful....
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I wonder if he had a surname, like Jesus Smith or Jesus Brown or something, or if it was just a single name, like Madonna or Sting, lolal.
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depends on what you go on really... there was a guy called Josephus, who outside of the Bible is the leading source on Jesus, and theres currently a debate going on as to whether Jesus and 'Jesus Ben Panthera' (cant spell it properly... if it wasnt 3am id find the book) were different people or the same person....
as for the whole science thing....
interesting facts... science and faith go hand in hand (at the moment i wouldnt say im religious- im kinda taking a step back from it) science has actually provided most of the proof that exists for Jesus' existance, and also some of the more bizarre things that happened; for example - Jesus sweating blood and stuff (the documentary had that in- if you can get hold of it watch it- i watched from the point of view of a scientist, as thats what i am above anything (other than a musician) and its totally woah.. i was expecting a pile of crap...
also.. another one to blow some of your tiny minds...
christianity as an independant religion didnt exist until around 400 C.E
Jesus was closer to a pharisee than any other group mentioned in the Bible.
Luke and Acts were meant to be one book.
i apologise if any of this was garbled- its 3am and i cant sleep, but if anyone wishes to ask anything along these lines and stuff then please feel free- im thinking about doing my dissertation in Religion and Science fitting together.. so that and the stuff ive already done, and the books i have im a mini walking knowledge base and you just have to ask! (if you wanna ask by PM thats cool too)
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