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The balance of evidence is that Jesus and Socrates were historical figures.
Nothing about antiquity can be proven with 100 percent certainty.
The historicity of Socrates is attested to by multiple reputable sources from antiquity. There is no credible reason to think there was a widespread conspiracy to invent a fictional Socrates.
The historicity of Jesus is attested to by Christian, Jewish, and pagan sources. Moreover, Jews of the first century AD would not have made up a story about a Messiah who was humiliated, tortured, and executed without even putting up a fight, by the Romans.
It strains credulity to believe a story like that was made up out of whole cloth. Jews of the first century were expecting a Messiah of great power and grandeur. A meek messiah who was humiliated and tortured by their enemies, the Romans, is about the last kind of fable they would have made up.
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
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Cypress (05-08-2021)
Guno צְבִי (05-08-2021)
In Jewish tradition, the Tree of Knowledge and the eating of its fruit represents the beginning of the mixture of good and evil together.
Satan in Judaism is not a physical being ruling the underworld, rather, in the Torah, the word Satan indicates “accuser,” “hinderer” or “tempter.” Satan is therefore more an illusory obstacle in one’s way - such as temptation and evil doings - keeping one from completing the responsibilities of tikkun olam (fixing the world). Satan is the evil inclination to veer off the path of righteousness and faithfulness in God.
The Hebrew Bible , Satan is ultimately subordinate to God, carrying out his purpose on earth.
The Book of Job is sometimes cited to support the claim that the Jewish view of Satan as an agent of God is different from the Christian view, which sees Satan as an autonomous force opposed to God. In the story, Satan inflicts suffering on a human being and seeks to induce him to sin — but only with God’s permission.
The Torah states Isaiah 45:7 reads, “I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.”
Last edited by Guno צְבִי; 05-08-2021 at 06:43 PM.
“If we have to have a choice between being dead and pitied, and being alive with a bad image, we’d rather be alive and have the bad image.”
— Golda Meir
Zionism is the movement for the self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Israel.
“If Hamas put down their weapons, there would be no more violence. If the Jews put down their weapons, there would be no Israel."
ברוך השם
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