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Catholic church canonises its first gamer saint, and one of his favourite games was Halo
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Interesting. None of that is evidence that God exists. Without a doubt, someone going by the name Jesus (or something like it lost in translation) existed. And a religion was founded based on him. Lots of things happened. People wrote down a lot of things. But those people all had a bias. The vast majority were trying to build a religion. So without a doubt, they embellished and picked the "witness" accounts that supported what they wanted to say.
As for the 3 famous figures mentioned at the start. The same is true. Historians often say that we don't know the real truth, just what was written.
As for the new testament. It was created by commitee. They hand picked stories and such that created the picture they wanted to present. And plenty of religious historians have pointed out that Christianity borrowed concepts and stories that worked well from previous religions.
So all that proves is that a human being going by the name Jesus existed and had a very influential life. It proves nothing of God.
What committee?
I see. Focusing on the least relevant thing I said to avoid the main point that you can't contest. Thanks for confirming that.
As for the committee... how do you think the new testament came into being. Some person collected all the writing he liked and declared it the new testament. Then everyone else said sure... we would like to buy a copy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Development_of_the_New_Testament_canon
By the time it came into being, the church was an organization with power. Such an organization always draws ambitious humans who crave that power and influence. The new testament was crafted to help grow that power and influence.
It is very likely in my opinion that Jesus never even claimed to be the son of god. Probably he was a very charismatic person who actually cared about the well being of people. And so he got popular with the people. Which is why he had to be killed. Then ambitious people leveraged him and his popularity to get what they wanted. Several other modern religions took a similar road.