Easter Questions

[lucy]

There is also Jesphus, the jewish historian: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josephus_on_Jesus
But you are of course right, in that it is hard to know anything for ceratain. The whole discussion is on the basis of if it happened - then what happended? As well as what is Chrisitanity about, really?

But that is exactly what this religion - all of them, in fact - is about, isn't it? About belief. Not about facts. If there'd be a video on youtube of the whole crucifixion (or is that crucifiction) of Jesus, there most likely wouldn't be a religion based on him. Instead we might have a couple gazillion conspiracy theories.

[Thorne]

But that is exactly what this religion - all of them, in fact - is about, isn't it? About belief. Not about facts.

There's no problem with believing things. Where I have a problem is when people's beliefs fly in the face of the facts. Denying evolution, for example, simply because it feels better to believe that you are God's special child is insane.