Thousands attend Jehovah's Witness meet at Plymouth's Home Park

“Ollie quote- 'although there may be ancient dwellings under the site of the modern Nazareth there is no documentary evidence of anywhere called Nazareth existing at the time...much like Jesus himself'..

Aha mate, you admit there are ancient dwellings under modern Nazareth, keep it up and you'll make Pope..:)
Nazareth wasn't much, probably just a few scattered farms and a football pitch which is why people were tickled pink at the thought of the son of God coming from there- "Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?" (John 1:46)
Anyway, if Jesus was a myth, can you atheists explain why the myth-makers say he came from a place nobody'd ever heard of?”

“The J'Dubs may have some strange beleifs, but I never met one I didn't like.”

“"Nice try mate but no, as many impartial archaeologists are in on it, including Jewish organisations, just google 'Nazareth dig' and you'll see actual pictures of ancient houses being unearthed.
For example- 'Yardena Alexandre, excavations director at the Israel Antiquities Authority said "the dwelling appeared to have housed a simple Jewish family which may well have been a place that Jesus was familiar with"
'The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of about 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood'"

Doesn't really alter the fact that, although there may be ancient dwellings under the site of the modern Nazareth there is no documentary evidence of anywhere called Nazareth existing at the time...much like Jesus himself. The city more than likely grew up as a result of the myth.”

“Ollie quote-"the vast majority of arcaeological excavations at the supposed site of Nazareth have been conducted by the Catholic church...hardly an impartial body"..

Nice try mate but no, as many impartial archaeologists are in on it, including Jewish organisations, just google 'Nazareth dig' and you'll see actual pictures of ancient houses being unearthed.
For example- 'Yardena Alexandre, excavations director at the Israel Antiquities Authority said "the dwelling appeared to have housed a simple Jewish family which may well have been a place that Jesus was familiar with"
'The humble dwelling is the first dating to the era of Jesus to be discovered in Nazareth, then a hamlet of about 50 impoverished Jewish families where Jesus spent his boyhood'”

“Siz interesting things about Easter...

1.Easter was an Ancient Festival of fertility in honor of the spring-fertility god Eostre, and hijacked by the Christians.
2. Eostre (God of Fertility, turned into a rabbit - hence the symbol of an egg laying rabbit)
3. Rabbits (have lots of babies)
4. Eggs (required for baby making)
5. Painting eggs/Egg hunts(ancient festival of fertility event; the maidens would be painted and run off to hide in the forest before the young men went in afterwards to find them and get busy)
6. Hot cross buns (Buns marked with a cross were eaten in honour of the goddess Eostre (the cross is thought to have symbolised the four quarters of the moon))

Yet more ancient legend and symbolism stolen by Christians.”

“"Mummy, I woke up today and there was a Lincoln log in me sock drawer!"

"That's the story of Jesus".”

“"And for years atheists used to say 'ancient Nazareth never existed" until recent excavations proved them wrong..:)"

Well, excavations show little more than a tiny settlement, no more than a small number of buildings consistent with the supposed timing of Jesus...in fact so few buildings that it could have been a farm. There is no contemporary records of any form of settlement called Nazareth and no other mention of the place existing until approximately the 3rd or 4th Century...by which time the Bible was spreading. Research suggests that the Nazarenes were not tied to a specific place but existed as a Jewish sect whose name derived from "The truth"

Interestingly the vast majority of arcaeological excavations at the supposed site of Nazareth have been conducted by the Catholic church...hardly an impartial body.”

“Ollie quote- "your idea of contemporary evidence for the existence of Jesus is another book [Koran]written in the 7th Century, some 500 odd years after the Bible was written by people who would have almost certainly had some access to the Bible. Hardly proof is it Bob?"

Look at it another way mate, the Koran says Jesus wasn't the son of god, but even so, it dare not try to pretend he never existed.
Likewise, the medieval Jewish 'Toledot Yeshu' (History of Jesus) says the same thing but it too dare not try to pretend he never existed.
That's because they knew he was TOO BIG to be passed off as a myth and people would never swallow it..:)”

“@Bluebell2 -
Did your sign say 'Beware of the Dog' -or- 'Don't knock on my door because it upsets my dog'?”

“by Bob_Wickerman
Wednesday, June 27 2012, 4:56PM

"In fact even the Koran admits Jesus existed- [Koran 2.253] "We gave clear miracles to Isa [Jesus] son of Marium [Mary], and strengthened him with the holy spirit"

Interesting, your idea of contemporary evidence for the existence of Jesus is another book written in the 7th Century, some 500 odd years after the Bible was written by people who would have almost certainly had some access to the Bible. Hardly proof is it Bob?”