If the NYT had covered Jesus in the Biblical times

[vulturesrow]

I know English isnt your first language so I realize you may have some difficulty with comprehension. Basically you said that smart guys dont believe in God or Jesus. I am not sure if by that you meant they dont they exist (which is how it reads) or if you meant they believe in what they teach. Either way the small list I provided of "smart guys" answers the question.

[Wynton]

Aristotle believed in a prime mover, but not "God" in the sense meant by most Catholics, as this excerpt from "An Outline History of Philosophy" reveals:

"Aristotle's conception of a God, outside of the world, causing all motion in nature, supplying the efficient cause for the universe, was just suited for a philosophy whose primary purpose was to find confirmation for the Church. The fact that Aristotle's God was devoid of all qualities so essential for a religious Divine Creator offered small difficulty to the theologians, whose minds were very quick to find reasons and explanations even for things most mysterious. Certainly Aristotle was not concerned with attributing mercy, love, sympathy and similar qualities to God, who, he considered, was leading a life of contemplation and supplied purely the metaphysical need for explaining the efficient cause and the goal for universal progress."

[vulturesrow]

Wynton,

Yes I know all that, just trying to keep it simple. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[DVaut1]

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I think Christ as a Surname was not generally applied during Jesus's day so would the NYT have used Mr of Nazereth or Mr Son of Joseph?

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You're right. Christ isn't a surname. It's merely Greek for 'messiah'.

Jesus is just the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua. But, before you suspect Jesus was actually called Joshua in his time, most Jews in Palestine 2000 years ago spoke Aramaic, so he would have been called Yeshua; except even that is debated by scholars.

In other words, no one's quite certain what Jesus was called by his peers.

[Stan the man]

If you can't read english it is your problem, not my problem. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

















Ok, it was a joke. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

My point is that only suckers believe in god.

[vulturesrow]

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My point is that only suckers believe in god.

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So Newton was a sucker?

[fluff]

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In other words, no one's quite certain what Jesus was called by his peers.


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I believe the apostles greeted him with "Sup Bro?".

[superleeds]

I only wish I could swear it was intentional [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[Stan the man]

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So Newton was a sucker?

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Yes.

[vulturesrow]

I can give you a list of some of the greatest minds in history that were all strong believers in God and Christianity. If you are foolish enough to think they are all suckers than have at it. Frankly I shouldnt have diginified your post by replying to it in the first place.