Did Jesus Exist? – Non-Fiction

Writer: Hoku Lani

Subject: Did Jesus Exist?

Link: MEWE / 14.08.2021

Did Jesus Exist?

Let us consider the so-called biblical evidence first. Despite the claims of Christians, there is absolutely nothing in the Old Testament that is of relevance to our question, apart from the possible fact that some prophets may have thought that an “anointed one” (a rescuer king or priest) would once again assume the leadership of the Jewish world.

The elimination of the Old Testament leaves only the New Testament “evidence” and extra biblical material to be considered. Essentially, the New Testament is composed of two types of documents: letters and would-be biographies (the so-called gospels). A third category of writing, apocalyptic, of which the Book of Revelation is an example, also exists, but it gives no support for the historicity of Jesus.

EXTRA BIBLICAL EVIDENCE:

After I examined all the biblical evidences alleged to prove the existence of Jesus as an historical figure. I have found that they have no legitimacy as evidence. Now I encourage reader to examine the last line of would be evidence, the notion that Jewish and pagan historians recorded his existence.

Before considering the alleged witness of Pagan authors, it is worth noting some of the things that there should be recorded in their histories if the biblical stories are in fact true. One passage from Matthew should suffice to point out the significance of the silence of secular writers:

Matthew, 27:45. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour… Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. 51. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, exposed for 3 days, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.

Wouldn’t the Greeks and Romans have noticed and recorded such darkness occurring at a time of the month when a solar eclipse was impossible?

Wouldn’t someone have remembered and recorded the name of at least one of those “saints” who climbed out of the grave and went wandering downtown in the mall?

If Jesus did anything of significance at all, wouldn’t someone have noticed?

If he didn’t do anything significant, how could he have stimulated the formation of a new religion?

CONCLUSION:

Enough of the writings of the authors named alive around 33AD remains to form a library. Yet in this mass of Jewish and Pagan literature, aside from two forged passages in the works of a Jewish author, and two disputed passages in the works of Roman writers, there is to be found no mention of Jesus Christ. Nor, I may add, do any of these authors make note of the Disciples or Apostles? In my opinion this only increased the embarrassment from the silence of history concerning the foundation of Christianity.