Why didn't Jesus write his own book?

JRNetwork said:

By our definition of fact and what it takes for something to be considered fact, saldly, Jesus does not meet the standard because of many factors that kept knowledge of his exsitance during his life limited to a certain area or number of people. Which is why it is called faith. We, 21st century people who have never seen Jesus, are only given parts of the whole truth, and as Christians, we trust that the information we are given, along with the things that God and Jesus have done for us, is enough, or more than enough, to believe that he is indeed real. For some, it is not enough, and only they can decide when, or if it will ever, be enough.

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vedickings said:

Most all the yogis before and after his time wrote their own teachings.

So why didn't jesus do so? I think that if Jesus would have wrote his own teachings, he would have be understood better IMHO.

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mark53 said:

Nothing has been found .... yet!
Many argued that the so called "Q" document was fanciful and they found the Gospel of thomas - which would be very similar in style and content. They found scrolls at nag hamadi and at Qumran. What else is their to find!?

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HeWhoSearches said:

Scrolls of ancient exterminated pagan religions?

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HeWhoSearches said:

Ok.... but all the evidence that has been put in front of my face for Jesus existence has been lacking. Ancient Catholics were never any good at forging. So, as far as I know, there is no evidence.

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JRNetwork said:

By our definition of fact and what it takes for something to be considered fact, saldly, Jesus does not meet the standard because of many factors that kept knowledge of his exsitance during his life limited to a certain area or number of people. Which is why it is called faith. We, 21st century people who have never seen Jesus, are only given parts of the whole truth, and as Christians, we trust that the information we are given, along with the things that God and Jesus have done for us, is enough, or more than enough, to believe that he is indeed real. For some, it is not enough, and only they can decide when, or if it will ever, be enough.

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Balbatish said:

I believe very much he existed. The Gospels do demonstrate, to me at least, that they have some historic accuracy, in them. Jesus was the son of somebody, just who you believe the father is, is the matter of faith

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HeWhoSearches said:

Huh?

Well for one thing the Mysteries predate Christianity. Also, I'm a little confused by part of your post. Furthermore, they predate Christianity. You should read "The Jesus Mysteries" by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, both world-renown on their respective subjects (Mysticism, Ancient Religions, and Philosophy, ect.) It's quite compelling, and written in a way to be easily understood and read. I knew most everything inside it before reading it, but it was still ok. Heres part of the back of the book:

What if for thousands of years Pagans​

had also followed a Son of God?​

What if this Pagan saviour was also born of a virgin​

on the 25th of December before three shepherds,​

turned water into wine at a wedding,​

died and resurrected at Easter,​

and offered his body and blood as a Holy Communion?​

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To the post above:

Mathew? I had heard that the gospels in their original form were merely the gospels of prominent christian sects, themselves written in all caps, practically no spacing or punctuation, and no apparent author.

The Catholic Church were the ones who gave them their authors, and many another text within the bible attributed to certain people despite it being false.

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arunma said:

If you consider only what you see to be fact, then there are quite a few people who we can say did not exist. Do you believe that Saint Polycarp did not exist? How about the historian Thucydides? As a Catholic, you should take the mere existence of your church as evidence that Jesus existed. I think it is an unjustified concession to say that the existence of Jesus is not factual. You may say this about the articles of the Christian faith, but even secular historians confirm his existence.



As is usually the case, I cannot disagree with you.

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