bullethead
Of the hard cast variety
I am not convinced that there is enough in the NT to actually prove Jesus was real. In my mind I think either he or someone like him existed, but not in the ways described there. There is very very very little evidence outside of the NT and most of those (Joseph Flavius and the likes) are argued to have later additions to make it seem more believable.I said it in the post. Jesus' existence as a person. You can decide on your own about the divinity. That's between you and God, and really not my business.
Nowhere on this forum have I ever tried to prove Jesus' divinity. I find it to be an exercise in futility, and probably designed that way if faith is the objective. I'm not going that direction because it is a huge waste of all our time. I would rather pick a fight with the Christians about gay folks.
Most excellent
Actually yes! Not only were their conversations recorded as if someone was there, but a few of those Gods slept with mortals and had children with mortals. Their stories, accounts, records and tales read darn near like the Bible is written. "And the Almighty Zeus said to......" "And Aphrodite replied...."Were they people? Did their contemporaries record conversations? Did those who worshipped them recognize that they were people?
Just who in the heck recorded that when it was said????
Either those gods were real and inspired someone to write it down, OR, somebody(man) made it up and had hundreds of thousands of people believing it for thousands of years.
It sounds ridiculous when applied to another religion and easily dismissed as ancient beliefs, yet............we go round after round on here about another equally ancient religion. Time wise this current one didn't outlast the others, it was started later and happens to be One of the religions that is currently in favor. It too will burn out.
Please, read up...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Greek_mythological_figures