Yes but not if it's some smartazz remark

According to Luke Johnson, a New Testament scholar at Emory University,

Even the most critical historian can confidently assert that a Jew named Jesus worked as a teacher and wonder-worker in Palestine during the reign of Tiberius, was executed by crucifixion under the prefect Pontius Pilate and continued to have followers after his death.{1}



"Luke is the gospel writer who writes most self-consciously as an historian. In the preface to this work he writes:

Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things which have been accomplished among us, just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may know the truth concerning the things of which you have been informed."


1. There was insufficient time for legendary influences to expunge the historical facts. The interval of time between the events themselves and recording of them in the gospels is too short to have allowed the memory of what had or had not actually happened to be erased.

2. The gospels are not analogous to folk tales or contemporary "urban legends." Tales like those of Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill or contemporary urban legends like the "vanishing hitchhiker" rarely concern actual historical individuals and are thus not analogous to the gospel narratives.

3. The Jewish transmission of sacred traditions was highly developed and reliable. In an oral culture like that of first century Palestine the ability to memorize and retain large tracts of oral tradition was a highly prized and highly developed skill. From the earliest age children in the home, elementary school, and the synagogue were taught to memorize faithfully sacred tradition. The disciples would have exercised similar care with the teachings of Jesus.

4. There were significant restraints on the embellishment of traditions about Jesus, such as the presence of eyewitnesses and the apostles’ supervision. Since those who had seen and heard Jesus continued to live and the tradition about Jesus remained under the supervision of the apostles, these factors would act as a natural check on tendencies to elaborate the facts in a direction contrary to that preserved by those who had known Jesus.

5. The Gospel writers have a proven track record of historical reliability.



"C. S. Lewis was right when he said,

A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic--on the level with the man who says he is a poached egg--or else he would be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was and is the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut him up for a fool, you can spit at him and kill him as a demon; or you can fall at his feet and call him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about his being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us."

Hey, there, Padre!!!

hun...you know more than anyone that i'm struggling. and actually they were very positive. i went to the negative. they actully was the main reason i left when i did...or i'd still be there

only way is to just deactivate. delete your pic and all your info and turn off your setting for mail

Doesn't surprise me at all. The amount of hatred being riled up right now is going to cause some crazies to come out of the wood work.

i learned more things.....before i drank than anywhere

i'm self medicated....but something told me to go to the bar...i actually got spiritual awarenesss from them....was that God's calll?

Toyko?!

Hey cr huggles yup in houston now or a suburb of, no I didn't move cause mikey is visiting Virginia lol missed ya too

Hi my Friend... Missed ya...

Day late and 50 cents short huh peccy... Welcome back to you as well but watch out you will make Lee jealous








Thank you for the warm welcome oh late one

I believe that we're all spirits in a form. A higher power made us (not god) simply for the fact of generosity; To give us the chance of experiencing life. I can't believe in a god because if god was real, there would be no need for drama. I don't think that we're only given one life, infact I believe we all have been around and crossed paths at one time or another. Was there a jesus? Yeah, I can see jesus being a real person, but definitely not the son of christ. Maybe I'm ignorant; I've never read the bible, I've never been intrigued by it. I have a love for the life I'm given and often question why I'm here in the first place. This might make some people angry, but I believe Christianity is for people who fear death and need something to believe in. My mother is some what of a christian and my father is by far the opposite end. I'm glad that I had the freedom to believe in what I want to, and I am always open to being persuaded into conceiving any type of religion as long as it's believable.