Oh, come on; that's a cop-out. The same could be said of *any* figure who lived before modern times, and yet, there's practically universal consensus that any number of historical figures actually existed des- pite their being no direct evidence of it. What evidence do you have that, say, Christopher Columbus actually existed? It's not as though he left anything tangible behind, like paintings with his name signed to them.
It seems to me that your being non-Christian is orthogonal to the matter of whether there's any evidence of Jesus's existence.
They don't have to have been in, or close to, the Jewish mainstream in order to be Jewish. The mainstream isn't the whole.
"Ancient Essene communications protocols routed around obscenity vulgarity loveography. Content? Absolute yes! Delete! Delete! OK! Do not drink newsgroup" -- Blair Haworth
Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays 3391PTRAVEL There is no "historical evidence" about Jesus. "No direct and first-hand information about Jesus survives. Information from outside Christian sources is unavailable. One must therefore...
Do you honestly believe that Bush and company would like to install a Christian theocracy? If so, that undermines your credibility pretty severely. Yes, the man is a Christian. So what? Why do liberals, particularly liberal Jews (like there's any other kind) feel so threatened by Christianity? Booogaboogabooga!
Except to the extremely devout, Christmas is a secular holiday and has been for ages. Get over youself. Or if you're not careful, after there's been a Republican coup, you'll have a surprise visit from the Christmas Tree Police some Christmas Eve.
"It's hard to be a Jew on Christmas. My friends wont let me join in any games. And I cant sing Christmas songs Or decorate a Christmas tree Or leave water out for Rudolph `Cause there's something wrong with me. My people don't believe in Jesus Christ's divinity.
I'm a Jew, A lonely Jew On Christmas. Hanukkah is nice but why is it That Santa pbuttes over my house every year?
And instead of eating ham I have to eat kosher latkes Instead of Silent Night I'm singing Hoo Hact Toh Gaveesh And what the f*** is up with lighting all these f***ing candles please?
I'm a Jew, A lonely Jew I can't be merry `Cause I'm Hebrew On Christmas."
-- Kyle Broflofski
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-- "Kwanzaa bells, dashikis sell, Whitey has to pay; Burning, shooting, oh what fun, On this made-up holiday! -- Ann Coulter
