Unpopular Opinion
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1. NO POLITICS
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I never understood the problem with Jesus existing. Like, duh, you think the Roman Empire, the America of the time, the Big Satan, would just be randomly coerced into changing their state religion by, well, nothing? A group of loud folks that followed the (new and radical at their time, btw) teachings of... no one? Even without much historical knowledge, Jesus existing seems like the most reasonable conclusion, lol.
I think those who had bad experiences with religion often go all out... but just because some religious ideologies might be internally inconsistent or just because your parents forced you to go to church instead of letting you play Pokémon Emerald and you resent them for it does not mean that nothing behind Judeo-Christianity happened. 🤷
Just because Jesus could have existed, doesn't necessarily mean that he did
Except a guy called (roughly translated and modernized) Jesus did exist and was associated with messianic cults and seems to have been crucified. Which wasn't particularly uncommon, either the name, the messianic cults, or the crucifixions. Basically there's no reason not to accept a guy that seems to be who Christianity is based on actually existed and probably said and did some of the (non miraculous, obviously) things that were written about him.
I mean, he did leave a big mark in the world but yeah, sure, although we're about two millennia late for visual confirmation, lol.
Yeah, so did Zeus
I think you misunderstand this post: Jesus is a dude who lived. Just a dude. No one is making any more claims.
And that's not an agreed upon fact among historians.