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by Amezarak
17 days ago
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> Quite similar to Romulus. Yes, Joseph Smith played a similar role to Romulus in the founding of Rome: the leader and lawgiver. It's the Joseph Smith of Rome you are wishing away, not Moroni. It also seems highly unlikely that Smith simply "made up" everything as some cynical ploy for power, as you describe the motivation of the ancient Romans and Jews. It seems much more likely he was a true-believing wacko. > Likely a man named Jesus existed because we have non-biblical documents from the time period (Josephus and the Sanhedrin) recording that he existed. F You continually imagine historical sources that do not exist. Josephus is real, of course (although the extent to which the alleged reference to Jesus is an interpolation is debated; I personally side with no), but there are no "Sanhedrin" documents about Jesus. You should probably ask yourself why you keep committing gross errors of historical fact (like your argument that there were plenty of records contemporary with the traditional date for the founding of Rome) while making this argument. |
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No he didn't. You obviously know nothing about what his role was.
> It also seems highly unlikely that Smith simply "made up" everything as some cynical ploy for power
Literally exactly what he did, and it's well documented that's exactly the sort of person he was.
You are very uninformed on this topic.
> but there are no "Sanhedrin" documents about Jesus
> You should probably ask yourself why you keep committing gross errors of historical fact
Please just google before insulting someone that knows more about a topic than yourself.
Here's what I'm referencing [1] [2]. "In Sanhedrin 43a, the Talmud records that Jesus was "hung" because no one came to his defense for charges of practicing sorcery and apostacy."
Now that you are simply insulting me and not engaging, I'm done. Good luck with yourself.
[1] https://mainstreamapologetics.org/evidences/HIS-EV63.html
[2] https://www.sefaria.org/Sanhedrin.43a.20?lang=bi&with=all&la...