Comment on Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 months agoIt doesn’t matter.
I’d say the “Real Historical Jesus” matters at least as much as a Real Historical Julius Caeser or a Real Historical Abraham Lincoln.
I always relate it to Ian Fleming having a schoolchum who’s father’s name was Ernst Stavro Bloefeld.
That’s different in so far as Fleming was simply borrowing a name for a totally independent character. But Fleming was, himself, a Naval Commander and intelligence officer who leveraged his own biography to inform James Bond’s personal traits. What’s more, he borrowed heavily from the reports and anecdotes of other intelligence officials both during and after WW2 to inform the behaviors and attitudes of his side characters in his original novels.
It actually is pretty interesting to talk about “The Real James Bond” from a historical standpoint, because British intelligence services were pivotal in maintaining the imperial and international financial controls necessary to run a globe-spanning empire.
In the same vein, you might be curious to read about “The Real Julius Caeser” after working through the Shakespearean play or “The Real Abraham Lincoln” after getting through the stories where he’s a Vampire Hunter.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
There’s nothing to read about when it comes to any real Joshua, son of Joseph the Carpenter of Nazareth because nothing has been written about such a person.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Quite a bit has been written on the possible siblings of Jesus.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Written while Jesus was still alive? If so, please present said writings. If not, that doesn’t really change my point.
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 months ago
You could disprove the existence of Socrates with this line of reasoning.