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OT: Rebelious reopening of locked topic 26-Aug-2010 At 12:04:29 AM dave h.

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Well, given that being called "Jesus" in first century Palestine would be like being called "Joe" today, that is hardly a controversial view.

Christ is not a surname. It's a title, and is the anglicised form of the Greek word "Christos", which means Messiah, or 'anointed one' (being anointed was a pretty big deal, to put it mildly).

We are not arguing about the hundreds of first century Palestinian Jews called "Jesus." We are arguing about the historicity of the Jesus as he is depicted in the canonical Gospels. Christianity puts its head on the chopping block of history - if Jesus was not resurrected from the dead then the entire faith collapses. So I'm keen to have the argument if you are...