Did Jesus Really exist?

When Klaatu and ET arrived on earth the Establishment scaredy-cat fools started wetting themselves and reached for their guns, they might not know they were fools but WE know they are..

Nothing wrong in trying to make fools see sense, but if they won't listen we shouldn't waste any more time on them. Jesus said- "Do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces" (Matt 7:6)

“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

Luke 6:
27 “But I say to YOU WHO HEAR: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.

32 “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back.

35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. 36 THEREFORE BE MERCIFUL, JUST AS YOUR FATHER ALSO IS MERCIFUL.

37 “Judge not, and you shall not be judged. Condemn not, and you shall not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.”

Matthew 15:
7 Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying:
8 ‘These people draw near to Me with their mouth,
And honor Me with their lips,
But their heart is far from Me.
9 And in vain they worship Me,
Teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’ ”

10 When He had called the multitude to Himself, He said to them, “Hear and understand: 11 Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” 12 Then His disciples came and said to Him, “Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?”

13 But He answered and said, “Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be uprooted. 14 Let them alone. They are blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind leads the blind, both will fall into a ditch.”

33 “Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Brood of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? FOR OUT OF THE ABUNDANCE OF THE HEART the mouth speaks. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.”

Proverbs 18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

Provebs 18:15 The heart of the prudent acquires knowledge,
And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

Proverbs 17:27, 28 He who has knowledge spares his words, And a man of understanding is of a calm spirit.
28 Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; When he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

There are zero eyewitness accounts of Jesus, no contemporary writing mentioning him.

“Judge not, that you be not judged. 2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. 3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye? 5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

It is often assumed this means that we are not to judge.
Read it carefully. It says to judge by the same standard that you want to be judged by.

We are expected to judge, but judge fairly.

"Know ye not that ye shall judge Angels?"

Firstly old chum, your post was a tad too long and might leave you open to accusations of longwindedness by some people, that's why I like to keep my own posts short and punchy..

Secondly- if you're building a house, you choose the strongest bricks for the foundations. Some bible verses are stronger than others so they're the ones we should choose, rather than mix in lesser-important ones making us look wimpy, pol-correct and lukewarm-

Matthew 7
24 “Therefore whoever HEARS THESE SAYINGS of Mine, AND DOES THEM, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: 25 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.

26 “But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: 27 and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall.”

Attaboy, you packed 3 sins into one short punchy sentence by judging me, slandering me, and false witnessing me..

People wanted to be christians because the religions as peddled originally promised pie in the sky by and by when you die, in a world which was very hard for most people.

I have watched too many others (including myself at one point) come dancing on in here with their high falooting "ideals" of "God's love" and how they are going to "lead everyone to salvation" with their version of "the truth"... All the while looking down their snotty running nose at everyone around them. I care about every single one of the folks here whether any one of them actually likes me or not, and I am not gonna let some cookie cutter Christian come floating on in here whacking people over the head with their pretentious ideals of God and His Love, when their words are clearly screaming they are just as lost as the ones they are "trying to save".

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There are zero eyewitness accounts of Jesus, no contemporary writing mentioning him.

Do you actually 'write off' anything written that isn't contemporary?

Get real Edgar.

It's about evidence, or in this case lack of it. Not one person ever saw him and then mentioned it in writing

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It's about evidence, or in this case lack of it. Not one person ever saw him and then mentioned it in writing

Do you say that because the writings are old?
Or are you just saying the many manuscripts mentioning Jesus were fabricated lies?

Do you doubt that Socrates lived because there is no contemporary witness?

Say what you really mean Edgar.

What I wrote is the truth. Not one person wrote about a Jesus in the supposed person's lifetime. Not one eyewitness, not one book known to exist. Is that plain enough?