If the devil exists, and if the devil is the enemy of God, and if God is Jesus, and if Jesus founded a Church, we can expect the devil to focus his attack most violently on that Church built by God for the purpose of conquering evil and making saints (see CCC 391).
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The question of whether or not Jesus of Nazareth really existed is no longer much of a question. The majority of New Testament experts, including both Christian and critical scholars say “yes.” In his book, Forged, scholar Bart Ehrman writes that “[Jesus] certainly existed, as virtually every competent scholar of antiquity, Christian or non-Christian, agrees, based on clear and certain evidence.” This is an extraordinary statement coming from Ehrman, as he is not a Christian. He is an agnostic.
For Christianity to be true, the existence of Jesus of Nazareth must be a historical fact. Still today some skeptics suggest that the life of Christ is a mere myth. They insist that the globally adored Jesus of Christianity who worked miracles, died by crucifixion and resurrected from the dead is only a fairy tale. But how strong is their evidence to back their claim? Is Jesus really only the protagonist of the world’s greatest fairy tale? Is the Jesus of Nazareth that we find in the Bible a true historical figure or a man-made fable with no real grounding in ancient history? Or is he who he said he was?
Welcome! I like to ponder what St. John Paul II called "the fundamental questions which pervade human life." Sometimes I write my thoughts down. This blog is where you'll find them.
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