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Originally Posted by airdreamlove
As for mistranslation, the bible has been validated by the dead sea scrolls. The religion spread via the great commission that Christ bestowed upon his apostles before he ascended into heaven. Roman documents validate his crucifixion. He was the only prophet from any world religion to claim to be the son of God, and since then Christianity has been twisted into a shadow of it's former. If you believe in Jesus, then you'll read the bible, cover to cover. The transformation that one goes through while taking this journey is immensely epic. Yes, i believe in Jesus.
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i'm going to have to respectfully disagree with everything you just said. for info on mistranslations and copying errors present in the bible, check out "misquoting jesus." it's a good source of easily understandable info (ie. not written in the academic tounge). if you could provide a link/source that shows that the dead sea scrolls validate the bible, i'd appreciate that.
to my knowledge, there is no roman documentation of jesus' crucifixition. if you've got a source for that, i'd like to know what it is.
and claiming to be the son of god was not new in biblical times (see hercules, thor, various egyptian/mesopotamian gods). even if he were the only one to have ever made that claim, that doesn't make him right.
i met a girl recently who, a bit after finding out about my jewish background, told me, "no offense intended", but she couldn't understand why people were still jewish since it was a historical fact that jesus lived, was the son of god, and ascended to heave 3 days after being crucified. but she then changed the subject since she didn't want to talk about it because it could cause an argument. so i never got what her historical proof was.
could any one show me legitimate historical evidence/proof (big or small) that jesus was a real, historical person, let alone the son of god?