• Sasha [They/Them]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 day ago

    There are non-biblical sources

    No there aren’t, you just believe the bible

    ???

    Either way, I appreciate you providing those, it’s a fascinating topic. Frankly even if Jesus was just some guy running around deceiving people into thinking he was the Messiah, he had some good lessons and that’s gotta count for something.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      People have always known how to behave kindly.

      His moral teachings were pretty bland, even relative to his era. (Which, for example, is why he never criticized slavery, despite it being something he’d encountered daily.)