>>16570857Given the socio-religious context of Jesus’ claims and the veracity of the texts written about him, I would choose option #2.
The crucifixion of Jesus Christ at the hands of Pontius Pilate and the Jews is one of the most well-attested events in all antiquity, and there are three strong inductive historical arguments supporting the Ressurection as well, which have to do with the empty tomb, eyewitness sightings of Jesus, and the origin of the Christian faith, which was anathema to the Jews at the time.
Anyways, I know there's a lot of stuff out there about how Jesus was a myth, or various other theories. They're all based on pseudo-science, shoddy archeology, or debunked hypotheses, i.e., the disciples stole the body, apparent death etc.
At the end of the day, Jesus definitely existed, and there are some key facts about his life that we know for sure, even more certainly than Ceasar or Plato or other figures who everyone knows existed.
Even wikipedia is forced to admit:
Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Jesus was a historical figure, and attempts to deny his historicity have been consistently rejected by the scholarly consensus as a fringe theory.[6][7][8][9][10]
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_Jesus So this brings us to the famous trilemma posed by C.S. Lewis: Liar, Lunatic, or Lord?
It has to be one of the three, there's literally no other option. Only you can decide what you believe in the end. Jesus fought the power, never hurt anyone, and was wrongfully murdered in one of the most brutal and painful ways ever devised - crucifixion.
For me, that's the God I want. Even if the whole thing is fake, which all scholars agree it's not, I'd still follow Jesus, just because what we know about his life was so cool.
New Two Witnesses Prophecy just dropped:
https://twowitnessesofrevelation.blogspot.com/2022/11/scientism-one-world-religion-youve-been.html 