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Re:The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church by jki275 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @10:38AM (#22282588)
The quote you claim as a forgery has been a subject of much debate, but I'm relatively certain it's not been proven to be so and many consider it to be at least partially authentic.

Regardless, Jesus was absolutely a historical character. No serious historian debates this.

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Re:The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church by goto11 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @05:47PM (#22284861)
The passage outright states that Jesus was the Messiah, which means it is obviously a forgery - Josephus wouldn't have written that since he wasn't a Christian. But the question is how much of the passage that have been altered.
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Re:The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church by jki275 on Sunday February 09, 2020 @06:33PM (#22285098)
The discussion has generally been that some people think that statement was added. There’s quite a bit more to it though, and that’s certainly not the only possible - or even obvious - conclusion.
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Re:The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church by goto11 on Monday February 10, 2020 @06:13AM (#22288105)
What do you find the obvious conclusion?
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Re:The vast but little-known fund of the Mormon Church by jki275 on Monday February 10, 2020 @09:26PM (#22295456)
I don't take an "obvious conclusion" position on it. We simply don't know.

Jesus is a known historical figure. Pretending otherwise is silly. The end.

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