Forum Overview :: Motherfucking News :: Re: Yes the words "Christ existed" lend like zero validity to Christianity.

[quote name="laudablepuss"][quote name="Worm"]The whole "okay he wasn't the son of god but he did basically most of the shit in the bible except the magic was embellishment" line is just such an appeasing crock of shit. That's mainly my problem, I guess I might be denying Christ on principle but I still think it's better than the alternative.[/quote] If anyone said those words, that would indeed be lending credibility. The words "Jesus" and "Christ" are not synonymous, but are used so interchangeably by many that it's easy to forget: one is a guys name (we have a guy here at work with that name, and it wasn't uncommon before Jesus became famous) and the other is an explicitly religious title*. That's why the book I quoted at tdarcos has the title that it does. Anyway, the scholarship in this area is interesting and generally pretty good. And by good I mean "properly skeptical". *Although, now that I think about it, we have a person here with the last name of Christ, too. She pronounces it "krist" though. :( :( :([/quote]