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Except that there is zero empirical evidence that the Bible figure "Jesus" actually existed...

• Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
  Given that the article makes it clear in the first sentence that this is about more than the specific example of Jesus that's relevant how?
  • daleharvey 14y ago
    not mentioning Jesus was never a common ancestor to all people, even in the bible. Adam and Eve were (and I guess Noah?)
    • Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
      The question is about the claim that Jesus was a descendent of David rather than people being a descendent of him.
    • prawn 14y ago
      Also, from where did Jesus get his Y chromosome?
      • Tyrannosaurs 14y ago
        If you take the bible literally and assume that God is the father then is the fact Jesus has a Y chromosome proof that God is a man?
• pitt1980 14y ago
  However, the question of the existence of Jesus as a historical figure should be distinguished from discussions about the historicity of specific episodes in the gospels, the chronology they present, or theological issues regarding his divinity.[360] A number of historical non-Christian documents, such as Jewish and Greco-Roman sources, have been used in historical analyses of the existence of Jesus.[357] The large majority of modern historians agree that Jesus existed and regard events such as his baptism and his crucifixion as historical. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus#Existence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus#Existence