{"id":7337,"date":"2016-09-19T08:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=7337"},"modified":"2016-09-14T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T14:31:44","slug":"wikitheology-what-if-jesus-never-existed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/?p=7337","title":{"rendered":"WikiTheology: What if Jesus never existed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is\u00a0an explanation of\u00a0WikiTheology<\/a>. For similar posts, see\u00a0why we have arms<\/a>,\u00a0why we don\u2019t eat snowy owls<\/a>,\u00a0why Hell might not be\u00a0what you think<\/a>, and why your stomach still growls<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si Jes\u00fas nunca existiera?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Amigo: \u00bfC\u00f3mo puedes estar seguro que Jes\u00fas a\u00fan existe?<\/p>\n

Yo: Piensas que Jes\u00fas es el Papa Noel del primer siglo? (Lo siento si todav\u00eda crees que \u00e9l es real!)<\/p>\n

Amigo: S\u00ed. Quiz\u00e1 alguien le invent\u00f3 intencionalmente, o involuntariamente. \u00bfQu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si fuera una leyenda, pero se convirti\u00f3 a una realidad en las mentes de la gente? \u00bfC\u00f3mo sabemos que Jes\u00fas era una persona real?<\/p>\n

Es una pregunta interesante. Si alguien supone que la Biblia fuese el \u00fanico registro de Jes\u00fas del primer siglo (que hasta ahora lleva como nombre – \u201ca.C y d.C\u201d), ser\u00eda la teor\u00eda de la conspiraci\u00f3n del\u2026universo.<\/p>\n

Dejando la version hist\u00f3rica de la Biblia, creo que todav\u00eda existe m\u00e1s pruebas de la existencia de Jes\u00fas que muchos otros l\u00edderes espirituales o figuras hist\u00f3ricas.<\/p>\n

Dos de los historiadores m\u00e1s conocidos quienes escribieron algo de Jes\u00fas son T\u00e1cito y Josefo. Se podr\u00eda hablar tambi\u00e9n de Julio Africano citando a Thallus, Plinio el Joven, Talmud de Babilonia, Luciano de Samosata, y Mara Bar-Serapion (para ver m\u00e1s puedes echar un vistazo a gotquestions.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

T\u00e1cito, un historiador romano del primer siglo, dijo algunas cosas muy negativas de Jes\u00fas y sus seguidores. Anot\u00f3 que los Cristianos fueron aborrecidos por sus \u201cabominaciones\u201d, eran parte de una \u201csuperstici\u00f3n maliciosa\u201d, cuya religi\u00f3n era \u201cmalvada\u201d, y eran parte de todo lo que era \u201chorroroso y vergonzoso\u201d. Ah\u00ed hablaba de Cristo, de quien recibieron los Cristianos su nombre, quien fue crucificado por Poncio Pilato. Es muy improbable que un Cristiano del primer siglo falsificara un p\u00e1rrafo como ese para soportar una religi\u00f3n falsa.<\/p>\n

El segundo es Josefo, un historiador jud\u00edo, quien escribi\u00f3 otros datos de Cristo. Jes\u00fas era \u201cun hombre sabio\u201d, \u201cun bienhechor de obras maravillosas\u201d, \u201cun maestro\u201d, \u201cel Cristo\u201d, matado por Poncio Pilato, y que apareci\u00f3 a sus seguidores despu\u00e9s de su muerte. Tambi\u00e9n hablaba de Santiago, \u201cel hermano de Jes\u00fas, quien le llamaron Cristo\u201d.<\/p>\n

Es complemente aceptable (y yo dir\u00eda, esencial) que eval\u00faes a Jes\u00fas y lo que ense\u00f1aba acerca de s\u00ed mismo. Tambi\u00e9n puedes decidir de creer que nunca fue un Jes\u00fas hist\u00f3rico, pero tienes que darte cuenta que la carga de la prueba est\u00e1 encima de tus hombros. Est\u00e1s listo a correr este riesgo?<\/p>\n

\"magnifying-glass\"<\/p>\n

What if Jesus never existed?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friend: How can you be so sure that Jesus even existed?<\/p>\n

Me: You think that Jesus might just be the first century Santa Claus? (I don\u2019t mean to burst your bubble if you still believe he is real!)<\/p>\n

Friend: Yes. Maybe someone invented him intentionally, or unintentionally. What if he was a legend, that just became real in people\u2019s minds? How do we know he was a historical reality?<\/p>\n

That is an interesting question. If someone assumes that the Bible is the only record of Jesus from the 1st century bearing his name (B.C. and a.d.), then I suppose this could be the conspiracy theory of the\u2026universe.<\/p>\n

Putting aside the Biblical account, I believe there is still more historical evidence than many other famous spiritual leaders or historical figures.<\/p>\n

Two of the most common historians who refer to Jesus are Tacitus and Josephus. One could also look to Julius Africanus quoting Thallus, Pliny the Younger, The Babylonian Talmud, Lucian of Samosata, and Mara Bar-Serapion (for more see gotquestions.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Tacitus, a Roman historian from the 1st century, had some negative things to say about Jesus and his followers. He noted that Christians were hated for their \u201cabominations\u201d, were part of a \u201cmost mischievous superstition\u201d, their religion was \u201cevil\u201d, they were part of everything \u201chideous and shameful\u201d. In there he states that Christ, from whom they got their name, was crucified by Pontius Pilate. It is very improbably that an early Christian would forge something like this in order to prop up a false religion.<\/p>\n

A second source is Josephus, a Jewish historian, who had other things to say about Jesus. He was a \u201cwise man\u201d, \u201cdoer of wonderful works\u201d, \u201ca teacher\u201d, \u201cthe Christ\u201d, killed by Pilate, and he appeared to his followers after his death. He also spoke of James, \u201cthe brother of Jesus, who was called Christ\u201d<\/p>\n

It is completely acceptable (and I would say, essential) for you to question Jesus and his claims. You can even choose to believe that there never was a historical Jesus, but just recognize that the burden of proof is on your shoulders. Are you ready to take that gamble?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here is\u00a0an explanation of\u00a0WikiTheology. For similar posts, see\u00a0why we have arms,\u00a0why we don\u2019t eat snowy owls,\u00a0why Hell might not be\u00a0what you think, and why your stomach still growls. \u00bfQu\u00e9 pasar\u00eda si Jes\u00fas nunca existiera? Amigo: \u00bfC\u00f3mo puedes estar seguro que … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[77,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-apologetics","category-wikitheology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34kFn-1Ul","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7337"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7349,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7337\/revisions\/7349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scquest.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}