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Originally Posted by martureo
Whoa.. hold on there.... You've just skipped to another issue altogether. Try to stay on topic.
You claimed that centuries passed before Jesus was considered a "figure of extreme importance".
Then I provided evidence which proved your assertion to be incorrect.
Now the next thing out of your mouth should have been either "this is why I don't accept your evidence" or a capitulation of your position.
I'll be waiting.
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I said "several hundred years before he was made into a religious figure of extreme importance"
If you are going to quote me, get the whole thing.
I didn't say that he wasn't important to contemporary followers, but id put him at a religious figure of extreme importance the day the Romans adopted christianity as the state religion, which was 313 AD, centuries after his death.
Before that it was a growing religion on par with a lot of other belief systems.
The problem here is for you, he was always important, but for a while christians were not a major religion, took a while to build momentum. Also, you actually haven't presented any evidence, just anecdotal statements made by men. The next thing out of your mouth should be some clarification of that evidence.