Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!rex!ukma!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: abvax!iccgcc.DNET!benning@uunet.uu.net Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Historic evidence of Jesus' existence ? Message-ID: Date: 12 Feb 91 09:19:39 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 38 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article , DOUG@ysub.ysu.edu (Doug Sewell) writes: > I was conversing on IRC with a committed Wiccan, and he said that > there was no evidence (other than a few references in Josephus) that > Jesus ever existed as a historic person. > > I've heard arguments by atheists, agnostics, and others against Christ- > ianity and who Christ was, but this was the first time I've heard this > argument. I can also see the power that writing Jesus off as a myth > gives to arguments against Christianity. > > (1) is this a common attitude among non-Christian (or perhaps non- > Abrahamic) religions ? > (2) what historic evidence is there of Jesus' existence ? > > Doug > -- > Doug Sewell, Tech Support, Computer Center, doug@ysub.bitnet DOUG, It occured to me after my last post that if you want a good reading source for the historic evidence of Jesus, look to the books of JOSH McDOWELL. In particular, "Evidence that demands a verdict" is a good place to start. There is a chapter called "Jesus a man of history" that addresses your question. I think he also has an indepth book called "The historical Jesus." These are great sources for supporting Jesus as a historical person and showing he was/is no myth. Shalom, B.Benning ----------------- Religion may inform and Reform ----------------- ----- But only Messiah Jesus can TRANSFORM -------