Do you believe Jesus existed?

Apparently you can't do polls on here.... but

Do any of you think that Jesus actually existed? What do category do you fall into?

A. Believed he existed, claims are false

B. Believed he existed, claims are exaggerated

C. Don't believe he existed

D. Believe he existed, claims are true (sorry had to leave the idiot category open)

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Permalink Reply by Chris G on November 14, 2009 at 4:24pm
Jennifer since you switched from A to C this questionair was worthwhile afterall.
Permalink Reply by Franklin Ayers on September 28, 2009 at 10:02am
B. I think there is a good deal of evidence that a Jewish Rabbi fitting the Biblical accounts may have existed. That's it. He wasn't magic. He wasn't a god. He was just a guy trying to do his schtick in the desert and maybe shake up the prevailing dogma of the time.

Constantine, a power hungry man, decreed Christ to be a god with the Nicene Creed.

So now we have the magical sky daddy. Christianity stole most of it's rituals and holidays from Constantine's old religion.

So if Jesus ever existed, he was just a dude hanging out with other dudes in the desert.
Permalink Reply by Kerry-Ann Rowe on September 28, 2009 at 7:03pm
C. I don't think he existed and if he did, the claims regarding his abilities are definitely false.
Permalink Reply by Zarathustra on September 29, 2009 at 10:11am
At first, I thought Jesus might have been a real person and the claims were exaggerated. But, as I have researched claims for documentation of his reality, I have concluded that the Biblical Jesus is pure fiction. NOTHING that is claimed of him in the Bible ever happened.

C. Don't believe he existed.
Permalink Reply by Michael on September 29, 2009 at 11:31am
I'm of the B. mind set. I believe its possible he existed, not that he actually did, or that someone like him existed, in which the stories were based on, or maybe several people existed that to the masses did things that were 'unbelievable' and later exaggerated. Eventually they morphed into the Jesus Story and were written down.
Permalink Reply by Louis on September 29, 2009 at 11:57am
A, most likely. If B is true then Jesus was just an asshole. ('Jesus that man is crazy!' // 'Have no fear, I'll send those pigs off a cliff!')

Also, is too late to add:
G. I don't care.

Whether it's proved beyond doubt that he did or did not exist, I still wouldn't stone adulterers to death and I would still help people who are trouble. Morality and ethics are independent of the existence condition of a man I just don't care about.
Permalink Reply by Jim DePaulo on September 30, 2009 at 9:03pm
Check out Jesus Never Existed at jesusneverexisted.com. It's a pretty well researched web site. Based on that and other things I've read St. Paul's Jesus is made up out of whole cloth.
Permalink Reply by Charles on September 30, 2009 at 10:41pm
I'd have to go with A.I believe that he may have existed as any man would exist.He wasn't no son of a god nor could he do all these magical things which the bible claims.
Permalink Reply by Chris G on October 1, 2009 at 1:51am
Please let me know the results of this skewed poll.

How about (E) I think he existed as a myth?

(F) There have been a lot of wars over trying to convert people into believing that Jesus was a real person?

Chris
Permalink Reply by Jared L Sheridan on October 2, 2009 at 1:59pm
C. Legend not human
Permalink Reply by Christian Soldier on October 3, 2009 at 4:15pm
I really don't understand the point of this question, because whether he did or did not exists, the greater question is what he represents.

It's like arguing over the existence of Isis or Thor...

If Jesus existed does than give any greater credence to the idea that he was the son of God?

Since I don't believe in God then why would I care if Jesus (the person) existed?

And if you want to float the idea that he was real and really cool, but his true message was hijacked by early Christian leaders... Again, this whole issue means nothing, because you have to get into the the whole idea of a omnipotent force that has, can and/or does intervene in our lives...

Why do so called atheist seem so obsessed with debate over something as absurd as believing in ghosts, the Easter Bunny or Voodoo...
Permalink Reply by Chris G on October 4, 2009 at 3:53am
"I really don't understand the point of this question, because whether he did or did not exists, the greater question is what he represents."

Thanks.

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