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Historical doesn’t mean true.
by tiahura 2y ago
Historical doesn’t mean true.
- psunavy03 2y agoI'm not sure what this is supposed to mean. The historicity of Jesus is more or less accepted by mainstream historians. Not that he necessarily died, was resurrected after three days, and will return to judge the quick and the dead and all that. But that there was a Jewish rabbi named Yeshua or Jesus who came from Nazareth, was baptized, preached in the Holy Land, and was crucified under Pontius Pilate.
- dragontamer 2y agoWell, I was mostly breaking the case for Biblical Literalism. Catholics believes the Bible to be a collection of stories, and that God wants us to know these stories. Certain elements of the Bible are taken as truth, but so are long running traditions (such as the Assumption of Mary, an event that is NOT in the Bible). Indeed: Catholics treat the Bible as just one of many traditions and even as other traditions beyond the Bible in terms of truth. IE: Biblical Literalism (trying to take the Bible as LITERALLY True or historical) is a mistake. And ignoring other traditions (ex: assumption of Mary) is also a big mistake. Still, the myth of Biblical Literalism exists today. Because well... Catholicism is not the only interpretation and some other Christians have a different belief system.