In his thread about God and Russia, Doc makes the following statement:
As the subject is off-topic for the other thread, I've created a new thread to address it.
DOC, there is far greater evidence for the existence of Joseph Smith than for Jeshua ben Joseph. In the Mormon religion, Joseph Smith is a prophet hand-picked by God to deliver his true message. According to mainline Mormonism, Joseph Smith is God's inspired prophet. Therefore if you have strong evidence for Joseph Smith, you have evidence for God in the Mormon religion.
So if your argument held the least bit of water (it doesn't), you would have proved that Mormonism is more likely to be valid than your own religion.
By the way, have you even read Ehrman's book? Have you read any of them? His position is that Jesus was a Jewish religious crank who thought he was going to defeat the Romans and was probably quite shocked when he found himself hanging from a cross. The idea that an historical Jesus existed no more proves the existence of YHWH than the existence of Nicolas of Myra proves the existence of Santa's North Pole toy factory, or the existence of L. Ron Hubbard proves the existence of Xenu.
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Originally Posted by DOC There is evidence for the Christian God because there is strong evidence for the historical person known as Christ. In the Christian religion Christ is part of the Godhead known as the Trinity. According to mainline Christianity, Christ is God in the flesh. Therefore if you have strong evidence for Christ, you have some evidence for God in the Christian religion. And there is strong evidence for the historical person known as Jesus Christ if we are to believe Bart Ehrman who said Jesus "certainly existed" on page 173 of his latest book "Did Jesus Exist?". |
As the subject is off-topic for the other thread, I've created a new thread to address it.
DOC, there is far greater evidence for the existence of Joseph Smith than for Jeshua ben Joseph. In the Mormon religion, Joseph Smith is a prophet hand-picked by God to deliver his true message. According to mainline Mormonism, Joseph Smith is God's inspired prophet. Therefore if you have strong evidence for Joseph Smith, you have evidence for God in the Mormon religion.
So if your argument held the least bit of water (it doesn't), you would have proved that Mormonism is more likely to be valid than your own religion.
By the way, have you even read Ehrman's book? Have you read any of them? His position is that Jesus was a Jewish religious crank who thought he was going to defeat the Romans and was probably quite shocked when he found himself hanging from a cross. The idea that an historical Jesus existed no more proves the existence of YHWH than the existence of Nicolas of Myra proves the existence of Santa's North Pole toy factory, or the existence of L. Ron Hubbard proves the existence of Xenu.
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