Proofs That Jesus Existed
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hakeem, this thread is satire.
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ARGUMENT FROM MISUNDERSTOOD SATIRE
1. If arguments intended as satire get taken seriously, then the conclusion must hold merit.
2. Arguments for Jesus intended as satire get taken seriously.
3. Therefore, Jesus existed.
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ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE History For Atheists
1) There is no evidence that Jesus did not exist.
2) Therefore, Jesus existed.
1) There is no evidence that Jesus did not exist.
2) Therefore, Jesus existed.
Argument from non-existence
1. If Jesus did not exist, from the start people would have been lining up to ridicule the religion as being based on nothing.
2. No-one in the first centuries lined up to ridicule christianity for it having been based on nothing.
3. Therefore christianity must have been based on something, which can only have been Jesus.
4. Therefore, Jesus existed.
2. No-one in the first centuries lined up to ridicule christianity for it having been based on nothing.
3. Therefore christianity must have been based on something, which can only have been Jesus.
4. Therefore, Jesus existed.
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Re: Proofs That Jesus Existed
Spin, that one actually sounds like an argument McGrath and others might have used as a serious argument.
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
Re: Proofs That Jesus Existed
Great minds think alike??
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Argument from atheism
1. Atheists claim Jesus did not exist.
2. Everyone knows that atheists are wrong about everything.
3. Therefore, Jesus existed.
2. Everyone knows that atheists are wrong about everything.
3. Therefore, Jesus existed.
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ARGUMENT FROM NON-CHRISTIAN REFERENCES TO JESUS AS HISTORICAL FIGURE History For Atheists
1) Non-Christians reference Jesus as a historical figure.
2) Therefore, Jesus existed.
1) Non-Christians reference Jesus as a historical figure.
2) Therefore, Jesus existed.
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Argument From The Unexpected
ARGUMENT FROM THE UNEXPECTED
1) Confucius, Socrates and Isaac Asimov walk into a bar.
2) The Bartender says what the bartender says
3) Therefore, Jesus existed.
1) Confucius, Socrates and Isaac Asimov walk into a bar.
2) The Bartender says what the bartender says
3) Therefore, Jesus existed.
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Argument from what the bartenders said
1. All those who had a clue said it.
The Christians said it (the Gospels).
The Jews said it (the Talmud).
The Romans said it (Tacitus).
The Greeks said it (Lucian).
The Syrians said it (Mara bar Sarapion).
The Mandaeans said it (Drāšā D-Yaḥyā).
The Arabs said it (Qur'ān).
2.That's quite a lot, you street drinkers
3. Therefore Jesus existed.