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In reply to the discussion: Whether Jesus existed historically [View all]Yorktown
(2,884 posts)He was a moral teacher of the rather puritanical Essenian school of Jewish thought.
Like many gurus of this period and place, he probably thought his words had some healing power.
He also probably had charisma and a sense of formula. Let he who is without sin might have been his style.
Beyond that, almost nothing can be known for certain.
There are no official records bringing any level of confidence to the whole story.
The only accounts we have are
- Only Paul witnessed Jesus life, but he does not relate it and his moral teachings differ from the gospels
- one unknown person, Mark, wrote the original gospel years later (Matthew and Luke are part copies)
There is therefore no known account of the life of Jesus by an eyewitness.
So, yes, that guru probably existed, but we do not know much for certain about him.
Among other things, it's impossible to know whether he ever claimed to be the son of a god.