Are you satisfied with a purely secular approach to the Christmas season? If not, you might consider spending some time reading the New Testament gospels and reflecting on the life and teachings of Jesus that they depict. Skeptics will resist this suggestion but could soften their stance when they learn that respected thinkers like Thomas [...]
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#42 Inviting Jesus to his Birthday bash
Posted in Religion, Spiritual Exercises, Spirituality, tagged Advent, Biblical Jesus, Christmas, Gospel of John, Gospel of Luke, I and Thou, Jefferson Bible, Martin Buber, Thomas Jefferson, William Short on December 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
#41 Christmas doubts–did Jesus exist?
Posted in Religion, tagged Christmas, Jesus of Nazareth, Josephus on December 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some claim that Jesus—whose birthday Christians and plenty of non-Christians are preparing to celebrate—never existed. The people of Jesus’ time displayed no such skepticism, but for those of us who demand empirical evidence, Jesus is mentioned in several important sources (other than the New Testament). According to the New Testament scholars Dennis Duling and Norman [...]
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