The Real Jesus: Introduction (2 of 10)

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On June 26, 2000, ABC television aired The Search for Jesus, a two hour-long special hosted by Peter Jennings. The program took viewers to Israel and interviewed locals, Christian pastors, clergymen and laymen, but Jennings focused mainly on seven experts in the field of researching the historical Jesus.

Four out of seven experts interviewed by Jennings hailed from the Jesus Seminar, a group of scholars who make it their life cause to disprove the divinity of Jesus. The other three "experts" interviewed in the program were also skeptics.

There were a few voices of genuine faith in the Jesus of the Bible. But most of the so-called experts were liberal theologians, that is, those who do not believe the Bible to be the inspired and inerrant Word of God. Absent from the program were the great number of well-known and credible historians who have a deep, committed faith in the inerrancy of scripture and the deity of Jesus Christ.

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[Seth23211]

Wait here good sir. Voltaire's works are standards in collegiate courses throughout the world. I'm not attacking the Bible, but when you suggest that Voltaire is a forgotten man lost to history you're either lying or ignorant.

[jcr4runner]

@Seth23211 His prediction that the Bible would fade away was lost to history.

[bodom71]

Where's the love button instead of like?

[jcr4runner]

@bodom71 The love button is the "ORDER THE DVD" button. :-)

[hazydavey]

2 remarks:

1. The video claims that it was a "pillar of liberal theology" to claim that the book of Isaiah was a Christian forgery of the 2nd century. Who has ever claimed this? There are scholarly debates about the authorship of Isaiah but all agreed that it was written centures before Jesus.

2, The video is wrong about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Far from proving that the Old Testament comes to us unaltered - these scrolls demonstrate how fluid the text is, how much it changes over time.

[jcr4runner]

@hazydavey Obviously no one says that NOW. But 100 years ago, some liberals (and some Jews) thought the fulfilled messianic prophecies were inserted into the Greek Septuagint by Christians. One example is Psalm 22:16 --

[jcr4runner]

@afterdavit Yes, the DSS could have been put there around 167 BC.

[mightyafrowhitey]

@afterdavit actually, most historians agree that jesus of nazereth was indeed a real, living person, even if his life may have been considerably different from the one portrayed in the gospels.

[candiceevans1]

@1toneboy the bible has never been rewritten,,,the ancient scrolls 50,000 in all, are under air tight glass,,,,they have never been in one persons hands at one time,,,not the catholic church not any church,,,these ancient scrolls have been copied and translated,,,if someone creates a bogus translation we know it immediately bc we have the ancient scrolls,,,this idea that the Bible has been changed is wrong,,when we found the dead sea scrolls we were able to see that our Bible is accurate ,,

[MASTER105175]

May 21, 2011, Jesus Christ is The SON of GOD, He  is not GOD. Only GOD The FATHER is GOD. There is only ONE GOD and that ONE GOD is GOD THE FATHER. Jesus Christ never claimed or said that he is GOD. Jesus Christ always spoke of His Father as being GOD His FATHER. Jesus Christ is the one and only True Divine Perfect SON of GOD.

[aaronmorillon]

so because the dead sea scrolls prove that the"old testament" was 'virtually' unchanged, (what does that men anyways?) it proves that jesus was real? what about proving the new testament?

[Nygaard2]

To me it seems that you people are afraid that if the bible is not "real" then christianity isn't worth anything... That's kind of sad. So if all bibles were destroyed tomorrow christianity would seize to exist because nobody would be able to read what to believe?

[BiffWhitebread13]

The Old Testament prophecies can only be considered fulfilled if you believe that the New Testament is accurate. You are using the bible to prove the bible is true. That is called circular reasoning.

[RUSSKAYAG]

A quite interesting theory on prayers. Why do some people receive what they want and others dont? Think of it like this- you cant drink from an empty glass. What one receives after praying is considered to be a "borrowed" energy. One has to continue to do good deeds in order to borrow that energy and receive what he's asking for. It's like a bank account- you simply cant withdraw from an empty account. Same concept when praying...