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Originally Posted by harmitage
He can hardly be described as being normal. Whether you believe he is the son of God or not, his short time on earth can hardly be described as normal. How many normal people in the last couple of thousand years have had screeds written about their life and had such a significant effect on people that he is still important to millions of so long after his death.
I've never heard of a major religion being built around all those other normal people around at that time.
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Originally Posted by Maggy J
There are just too much reference about him for him to have been made up.
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Screeds and documentation, like that of Flavius Josephus you mean?
Virtually all sources are the four gospels written several years after his life by people who had particular beliefs about its importance