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[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Some version of Jesus absolutely existed, since is was a pretty common name. Street preachers were not uncommon either, so it's very possible that there was one named Jesus.

The real debate about whether Jesus existed is whether any of the biblical stories are at all accurate. There is No reason to think they are.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

absolutely existed

vs

it's very possible

are two wildly different claims which cannot co-exist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Except they were two different claims. "Some guy named Jesus existed", and "Some guy named Jesus was a street preacher".

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

Also he was supposedly very prominent but apparently no historian or political writer back then recorded anything about him.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Weird, I read that jesus was not a common name at the time and that it would have been something like yusuf in reality if he was real

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

"Jesus" is a Latin translation of a Greek translation of the Hebrew name Yeshua so, yes, "Jesus" wasn't literally a common name in Israel. It was actually Yeshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ,) that was a common name.