Stephen Fry Debate. 500 Debates. Christopher Hitchens Debate. Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth. Bible Errors. Deut. 18: 21-22, "21 And you may say in your heart, 'How shall we know the word which the Lord God has not spoken? ' 22 When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the Lord has not spoken .... " Num. 23: 19, "19 God in not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent: has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will not make it good? " I Sam. 15: 29, "29 And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind. " Many have heard these passages read in their churches, and have read it for themselves in the bible.
This is the measure to use in measuring any statement, because it is apparent that God would not inspire a vain pronouncement. Apologetic: Several. Eze. 29: 18, "18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder was rubbed bare. Did Jesus exist? Amazingly, the question of an actual historical Jesus rarely confronts the religious believer.
The power of faith has so forcefully driven the minds of most believers, and even apologetic scholars, that the question of reliable evidence gets obscured by tradition, religious subterfuge, and outrageous claims. The following gives a brief outlook about the claims of a historical Jesus and why the evidence the Christians present us cannot serve as justification for reliable evidence for a historical Jesus. ALL CLAIMS OF JESUS DERIVE FROM HEARSAY ACCOUNTS No one has the slightest physical evidence to support a historical Jesus; no artifacts, dwelling, works of carpentry, or self-written manuscripts.
All claims about Jesus derive from writings of other people. There occurs no contemporary Roman record that shows Pontius Pilate executing a man named Jesus. Devastating to historians, there occurs not a single contemporary writing that mentions Jesus. The implications appear obvious. Skeptic's Bible.