God doesn't exist in our space and time?

[Gorgias]

You say, …“but that the claim that “Jesus is God” is likewise true…” Disagree here, there is no evidence that he was God.

No, you’re misrepresenting your case: there’s evidence, but you do not believe in it. Big difference.

You can’t rely on a few reports of magic tricks as evidence.

Who says I am? On the other hand, one could claim that I’m relying on the life-long witness of the eyewitnesses to the events, who not only continued to witness to their veracity, but also abandoned their careers and families to do so, and who went to their deaths rather than abandon their claims. I’m relying on the Church they built, which was populated by those who witnessed the events and assented to them by their belief. I’m relying on Scripture itself, especially in the way that the OT and NT hold together, with the events of the OT foreshadowing and prophesying Jesus and His mission. That’s a lot more than “a few reports”, even if we take your unsubstantiated assertion that they’re “magic tricks”…

Indian fakirs have been doing similar magic for a thousand years.

That ‘rising from the dead’ one is particularly effective, especially when there are many who witnessed Jesus’ death and many who witnessed his subsequent appearances.

There is some evidence that Jesus learned his magic in India and Tibet during his lost years.

No, not really. There are a couple of anecdotes which do not rise to the level of ‘evidence’, and hardly rise to the level of ‘suggestion’…

 

[laocmo]

What evidence is there the Jesus was ever in India? Are you making this up as you go, or are you regurgitating this garbage from some anti-Christian source? Care to name it?

Doubtful you would ever accept or even consider a couple of non Christian sources since they were not written by some ancient church writer, but here are a couple references.

	Teachings of Swami Satyananda Saraswati,

We have two references to Christ in Indian books. One is in the ancient records of Nalanda University . In the registers of the Nalanda University Gazette there is a reference to a man from Palestine who is described as the son of Mary, son of a carpenter, not liked by his people, a tall figure with a beard. In the book it also said that, ‘Out of the thousand students, he was a most remarkable figure.’ This is one reference. Another reference was found in the ancient records of Nepal which states clearly that a student of Nalanda by this name, belonging to this race or community, visited Nepal and met many pandits there. There is also a reference to Christ living in Benares for three years. Altogether he lived in India for thirteen years. [Satyananda 1988:106]

	Teachings of Swami Yogananda

The parallelisms of Christ’s teachings with Yoga-Vedanta doctrines strongly support the records known to exist in India, which state that Jesus lived and studied there during fifteen of the unaccounted-for years of his life – no mention is made of him in the New Testament from his twelfth to thirtieth year. Jesus journeyed to India to return the visit of the three “wise men from the east” who came to pay homage to him at his birth. The Wise Men recognized and honored the infant Christ for the great soul and divine incarnation that he was. During the unknown period of his life Jesus repaid their visit. [Yogananda 1982:284-86]

 

[jeffrey_erwin]

**The truth is that where and how our Creator chooses to exist is not up to us human beings. If He chooses to be absent from our three dimensional world, then He is absent, and visa-versa.
It is just not up to us and all of our philosophizing. **

 

[hazcompat]

iep.utm.edu/god-time/

Peace