Did Jesus exist? Italian court to decide

Even Cascioli admits that the odds are against him, especially in Roman Catholic Italy. "It would take a miracle to win," he joked.

The guy's crazy. He's off his nut!

What is he going to gain from a court case trying to prove whether Jesus did exist or not?

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I believe Jesus existed, but not as the Christ Jesus. I think this debate itself is stupid to even discuss. But that's me. Any comments, thoughts, outbursts of pure anger?

I believe that Jesus probably did exist at some time, just not as the Son of God.

More or less every person you hear about in tales such as King Arthur, and Robin Hood and what have you, lived in some way. King Arthur was probably a Celtic Chieftan, Robin Hood may have been a murderous outlaw. In either case, a real person has given rise to legends about themselves, often written hundreds of years later. I think that the same applies to Jesus.

You never know, the Jesus that could have given rise to these stories and fables (and everything else in the New Testament) could have been a normal man with a mental problem. When he was around no-one would have had a clue that he had a mental problem, they didn't even know what it was, and as Religion seemed to play a big part in life then, they may have believed him.

As for his healings that he performed, there are many scientific explanations for them. For example, one theory states that he used a lot of Cannabis. Now I'm not saying that Jesus was a druggie, don't get me wrong. Cannabis has many mecidinal values and so the use of it could have helped in these 'miracle cures', in effect making it a 'miracle drug'.

So yeah, my opinion is that Jesus did exist, but not as the Christ Jesus that is portrayed in the books of the New Testament.