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Originally Posted by Phunkie
This is your interpretation of him. I'm referring to the Jesus of the Bible.
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No, this is pretty much historical fact; there's nothing to interpret. Jesus was a Jew; he lived in Judea during Roman occupation and the Pax Romana; he traveled around teaching people about "the one God" and his philosophy was that this one God wanted everyone to get along and be good to each other; he was crucified by the Romans. The movement that he began, and the followers which still ascribe to his teachings, changed the world in so many innumerable ways over the past 2000 years that I think he deserves my vote for "Most Influential Philosopher". You could argue with this, and since I wasn't there I would have to defer to the fact that every historian to ever study the man agrees on these facts.
If you dispute these facts, I would like some reference material if you have it.
I didn't offer up a mythical interpretation of Jesus the Christ, I offered up Jesus the man. If you want to argue with my choice of Jesus the man then I'm all ears. If you want to talk about a different Jesus then you'll have to wait until someone picks him.