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# Historicity of Jesus

The historicity of Jesus is the question of whether or not Jesus of Nazareth historically existed (as opposed to being a purely mythical figure).

## Quotes

* Generations of Rationalists and freethinkers have held that Jesus Christ corresponds to no historical character: There never was a Jesus of Nazareth. We might call this categorical denial “Jesus atheism.” What I am describing is something different, a “Jesus agnosticism.” There may have been a Jesus on earth in the past, but the state of the evidence is so ambiguous that we can never be sure what this figure was like or, indeed, whether there was such a person.
** Price, Robert M. (2000). Deconstructing Jesus. Prometheus Books, Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-61592-120-1.
* Is it ...possible that beneath and behind the stained-glass curtain of Christian legend stands the dim figure of a historical founder of Christianity? Yes, it is possible, perhaps just a tad more likely than that there was a historical Moses, about as likely as there having been a historical Apollonius of Tyana. But it becomes almost arbitrary to think so.
** Price, Robert M. (December 31, 1999). "Of Myth and Men: A Closer Look at the Originators of the Major Religions - What Did They Really Say and Do?". Free Inquiry magazine 20 (1).
* My point here is simply that, even if there was a historical Jesus lying back of the gospel Christ, he can never be recovered. If there ever was a historical Jesus, there isn't one any more. (Opening Statement by Robert Price)
** Price, Robert M. (1997). The Price-Rankin Debate: Jesus: Fact or Fiction?. infidels.org. Retrieved on 27 November 2016.

## See also

* biblical criticism
* Christ myth theory
* Historical Jesus
* Historical reliability of the Gospels
# Historicity

Historicity is the historical actuality of persons and events, meaning the quality of being part of history instead of being a historical myth, legend, or fiction.

## Quotes

* Therein lies the difference between the scriptures of the Christians or the Buddhists and ours; theirs are all Puranas, and not scriptures, because they describe the history of the deluge, and the history of kings and reigning families, and record the lives of great men, and so on. This is the work of the Puranas, and so far as they agree with the Vedas, they are good. ... There are many moral teachings in these, and so far as they agree with the Vedas they have the authority of the Puranas, but no more. ... I was told once by a Christian missionary that their scriptures have a historical character, and therefore are true, to which I replied, "Mine have no historical character and therefore they are true; yours being historical, they were evidently made by some man the other day. Yours are man-made and mine are not; their non-historicity is in their favour."
** (Vivekananda)
# Historicity of Muhammad

While the existence of the Islamic prophet Muhammad is established by contemporaneous or near-contemporaneous historical records, attempts to distinguish between the historical elements and the ahistorical elements of many of the reports of Muhammad have not been very successful. Hence the historicity of Muhammad, aside from his existence, is debated. How much reliable history there is about Muhammad is disputed, with Muslim sources maintaining that "everything he did and said was recorded", while some academic sources claim that almost all of the available information about Muhammad's life, apart from the fact of his existence, is not historically credible.

## Quotes

* Far from Islam having been born in the full light of history, its birth was shrouded in what has appeared, to an increasing number of scholars, an almost impenetrable darkness. To be sure, there are very few scholars who would go so far as to claim that the Prophet never existed. Someone by the name of Muhammad does certainly appear to have intruded upon the consciousness of his near-contemporaries.
** Tom Holland - In the Shadow of the Sword_ The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire-Doubleday (2012)
# Historiography of early Islam

The historiography of early Islam is the secular scholarly literature on the early history of Islam during the 7th century, from Muhammad's first purported revelations in 610 until the disintegration of the Rashidun Caliphate in 661, and arguably throughout the 8th century and the duration of the Umayyad Caliphate, terminating in the incipient Islamic Golden Age around the beginning of the 9th century.

## Quotes

* As far as the historiography of early Islam is concerned, the burden of proof has shifted decisively: what was once effortlessly assumed is now painstakingly documented. In fact, much of what was radical in the 1970s and early 1980s is now middle-of-the road...
** Islamic Cultures, Islamic Contexts: Essays in Honor of Professor Patricia Crone, p. 612.

## See also

* Alphonse Mingana
* Arthur Jeffery
* Christoph Luxenberg
* Dan Gibson (author)
* David Samuel Margoliouth
* Günter Lüling
* Hans Jansen
* Henri Lammens
* Ibn Warraq
* Ignác Goldziher
* John Wansbrough
* Joseph Schacht
* Julius Wellhausen
* Michael Cook
* Patricia Crone
* Robert Spencer
* Theodor Nöldeke
* Yehuda D. Nevo
* w:Aloys Sprenger
* w:Suliman Bashear
# John Keay

John Stanley Melville Keay FRGS (born in 1941) is a British historian, journalist, radio presenter and lecturer specialising in popular histories of India, the Far East and China, often with a particular focus on their colonisation and exploration by Europeans. In particular, he is widely seen as a pre-eminent historian of British India. He is known both for stylistic flair and meticulous research into archival primary sources, including centuries-old unpublished sources.

## Quotes

* Other foes made their intentions clear by denunciations of one’s family or religion, and by ravaging the countryside and plundering the towns. The British, generally so restrained in their language and so disciplined in the field, were very different. They could make hostility look like friendship and conquest like a favor. It was difficult to rally support against such tactics.
** quoted in Antonio de Nicolas, Krishnan Ramaswamy, and Aditi Banerjee (eds.) (2007), Invading the Sacred: An Analysis Of Hinduism Studies In America (Publisher: Rupa & Co., p. 112)
# John Joseph Myers

John Joseph Myers (July 26, 1941 – September 24, 2020) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the ishop of the Diocese of Peoria and as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark.

## Quotes

* I think questions should be welcome, because the only way that people will learn is asking questions. Now, there are two ways of asking questions: one is staking out a claim and another is genuinely seeking an answer.
** IN PERSON; How Will He Play in Newark? (14 October 2001) New York Times
# John Kass

John Kass (born 25 June 1956) is an American columnist and former editorial board member for the Chicago Tribune and radio broadcaster.

## Quotes

* Who cares if it's legal? I don't care if it's legal. Slavery was legal once too, and not just in America, but just about every other country in the world. The powerful have always legalized their subjugation of the less powerful.
** "Evil with salad and a nice red" (19 July 2015), Chicago Tribune, Illinois
* Once a nation acknowledges publicly that it is corrupt, ... there is a weakening. A listlessness, a nihilism, where personal appetites and longings for celebrity outweigh what was once understood as common virtue.
** "Hillary Clinton disqualifies herself," Chicago Tribune, (7 July 2016)

## External links

* Encyclopedic article on John Kass on Wikipedia
# John Joseph O'Hara

John Joseph O'Hara (February 7, 1946 –) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of New York.

## Quotes

* I will continue to work as long as I possibly can. I'm officially retired, but that does not mean I'm going to ride off into the sunset.
** ‘A big heart’: Retired Bishop John O’Hara has no plans to stop serving the people of Staten Island (31 March 2022) SILive
# John Julius Norwich

John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, known as John Julius Norwich (15 September 1929–1 June 2018), was an English historian, who wrote extensively about the history of the Byzantine Empire and of the Venetian Republic.

## Quotes

* It is an almost universal characteristic among autocrats that they cling compulsively to power, to the detriment alike of their subjects and their reputation.
** Byzantium: The Early Centuries (1988), p. 259
# John Jude Palencar

John Jude Palencar (February 26, 1957 –) is an American illustrator and fine artist.

## Quotes

* Art with layers inspires me – not only physical paint layers, but layered conceptual meanings.
* I like my creations to be thought-provoking and not have a narrative. Creating mystery and questions are key elements in my work.
** Beauty and mystery: An interview with John Jude Palencar (27 November, 2015)
# M1 Garand

The M1 Garand or M1 Rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the United States' service rifle during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. By most accounts, the M1 rifle performed well. General George S. Patton called it "the greatest battle implement ever devised". The M1 replaced the bolt-action M1903 Springfield as the U.S.' service rifle in 1936, and was itself replaced by the selective-fire M14 rifle on March 26, 1958.

## Quotes

* We went around trying things on at the movie set. We looked ridiculous. The uniforms were heavy. I picked up an M1, I said, "Jesus Christ, it feels like thirty pounds!" When you're young you can pick them up, spin them around, throw them over your head.
** Edward Heffron, Brothers in Battle: Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story (2007) by William Guarnere and Edward Heffron with Robyn Post. New York: Berkley Caliber, p. 267
# MC Eiht

Aaron Tyler (May 22, 1971) better known by his stage name MC Eiht (pronounced MC Eight), is an American rapper and actor. Many of his songs are altered in his life at Compton. He is the de facto leader of West Coast hip hop group Compton's Most Wanted, which also includes rappers Boom Bam, The Unknown DJ, Tha Chill, DJ Mike T, DJ Slip, and Ant Capone. He is also known for his role as A-Wax in the 1993 film Menace II Society, as well as playing the character Ryder in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

## External links

* Official website
# MC Daleste

Daniel Pedreira Senna Pellegrine (October 30, 1992 – July 7, 2013), better known by his stage name MC Daleste, was a singer and composer of funk fanfare, killed during a concert on July 7, 2013 in Campinas (São Paulo, Brazil).

## Quotes

* In your eyes I saw my destiny today is like I wanted you made me love, taught me to be happy.
** In the song Em Teu Olhar
* The 23-year-old took to manage, for efficiency, and risking gained experience, his mother disappointed, do not know what does, but it's conformed with what happened.
** In the song Mãe de Traficante
* I handed in their game, without thinking about anything it was late when I realized my wrong attitude.. Sad when you love who else wants to deceive you.
** In the song Lagrimas de Sofrimento

## External links

* MC Daleste no Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira
# Muqtada Sadr

Hojatoleslam Muqtada al-Sadr (born 12 August 1973) is the son of Iraqi Shia cleric Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and the leader of the al-Mahdi Army.

## Quotes

* I would like to address the peoples of the world, especially the Arab peoples and the US people. Their silence over the violations against the oppressed Iraqi people who suffered greatly cannot be accepted by any fair-minded and zealous person. Therefore, all must take these violations seriously and express themselves even through peaceful demonstrations, sit-ins and protests. I urge those people to distance themselves from their rulers who support the West and the occupation forces.
** Source: BBC News
* Saddam is a war criminal and there are no two people who can argue over this.
** Source: Asia Times
* I seek the spread of freedom and democracy in the way that satisfies God. [Americans] have planned and paved the ways for a long time, but it is God who is the real planner -- and the proof of this is the fall of the American twin towers[...]a miracle from God.
** Iraqi cleric calls 9/11 'miracle from God', CNN, March 27, 2004.
* I renew my call for the occupier (the United States) to leave our land. The departure of the occupier will mean stability for Iraq, victory for Islam and peace and defeat for terrorism and infidels.
** Radical Cleric Blames U.S. for Iraq Woes 30 March 2007

## About Muqtada Sadr

* He is somebody who has fought against the occupying forces," says Abdul Salam al-Kubaisi, spokesman for the Association of Muslim Scholars, the leading Sunni clerical body. "All other Shi'ite leaders are seen [by Iraq's Sunnis] as collaborators because they cooperate with the Americans.
** The Wild Card," Time Magazine, March 6, 2006
* Others contend that Sadr, working on a longer time scale than the Americans, is just lying low until the United States draws down its troops and declares its combat role concluded in Iraq. Then, this analysis continues, Sadr can launch the civil war he wants. "The reason I am distrustful of Sadr is that we know that in private conversations, he has said, 'There are two million who must die,'" said an Army officer who served in a key position in Iraq. This wasn't hearsay, he said, indicating that it came from an intercept of communications.
** Source: The Gamble by Thomas Ricks, page 320, ISBN 978-1-59420-197-4.

## External links

* Profile of Muqtada al-Sadr at Council on Foreign Relations
* Al-Sadr Calls for Attacks on U.S. Troops April 2007
* Sadr ministers pull out of Iraqi government April 2007
* FACTBOX: Five facts about Iraq's Moqtada al-Sadr April 2007
# Murad Takla

Murad Takla (Bengali: মুরাদ টাকলা, literary means A bald person named Murad) is a popular term used in Bangladesh from the 2010's. Murad Takla is not a character of a particular person or is used to mean a specific person. Those who write wrong or distorted Bengali (Banglish) in roman letters on social media are called Murad Takla.

## General quotes

* Jayanta Kumer: Murad takla jukti dia kata bal, faltu pic dicos kan! Lakapora koira kata bal. (Translation: If you had the courage, you would have explained why you used an awful picture, learn before you speak; during conversation in Facebook).
# Kemi Adetiba

Kemi Adetiba (born 8 January, 1980) is a Nigerian filmmaker, television director and music video director, whose works have appeared on Channel O, MTV Base, Soundcity TV, BET and Netflix.

## Quotes

* Keep dreaming, the best ideas comes in your dreams and the ability to create a world of fantasy. Stalk your mentors and their works.
** Kemi Adetiba speaking on dreams and ideas.
* The greatest thing you can do for yourself in every time you have the opportunity to handle someone’s project, knock it out the park, and that is what I live by every day.
** Kemi Adetiba speaking on handling opportunities.
* I try not to focus on the negatives and limitation. I just work hard and make sure I deliver with the opportunity given to me.
** Kemi Adetiba emphasising head o
* Nigerians truly have a gift. We can turn the most dire situation into a hilarious joke.
** kemi Adeyinka speaking on Nigerians gift.
* Every time you have a chance to showcase your craft, your mission is to knock it out the park.
** Kemi Adetiba speaking on the showcasing craft
* Again, be authentic.
** Her opinion in an interview
* The thing about Lagos is that it has so much flavour.It can be better but there’s nothing like home.
** Her opinion in an interview

## External links

* Kemi Adetiba site
* IMDB profile
# Kemi Akindoju

Kemi 'Lala' Akindoju (born 8 March 1987) is a Nigerian actress. She won an Africa Magic trailblazer award for her role in the film adaptation of Dazzling Mirage.

## Quotes

* Women need to not put themselves on the defensive and see themselves as people, and work as hard as the men, the only thing we need to do is to make sure the same opportunities are available to both men and women.
** A Quote extracted from an interview when asked if it is more challenging for women than men in the movie industry.
* We think about the people we are entertaining. If they don’t accept you, there is going to be a problem.
** A Quote extracted from an interview on watching movies she featured in to ascertain if she indeed played a role better.
* Theatre is my home, it’s like nervous energy, I think it urges and pushes the performance to be high and to be better.
** A Quote on deliberately venturing into stage acting so as to become a better all-round actor.
* In order to win your audience over, avoid constantly throwing out ‘preachy’ content that directly tell the audience what to do. The onus rests on the content creators to package the content in a way that allows the audience choose what lesson they want to learn from it. It is our duty as content creators, film makers or story tellers to set the agenda for how we want to be perceived.
** A Quote from the 2018 Social Media Week on how to effect change with the content produced.
* I think it’s the absolving men of these responsibilities that got us here. The responsibility is for both parents. Not one more than the other. Both parents and no excuses for any party that doesn’t want to take responsibility.
** A Quote extracted from her social media in support of the notion that fathers also owe their children sex education.
* I still wish we will take our elections and holding our leaders accountable as seriously and passionately as we take big brother. I wish young people will give the same energy to register to vote when it is time. We have to do more to fight for our country.
** A Quote from her social media decrying that youths do not usually replicate such energy and interest when it comes to elections and issues bordering on the socio-economic development of the nation.
# Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo

Olukemi Omololu-Olunloyo (born 6 August 1964) is a Nigerian journalist, blogger, and activist against gun violence, and a social media personality. She is well known within the Nigerian online community, especially for making highly disputed and controversial claims about subjects with high emotional stakes, such as the End SARS protests in 2020 and the death of a private school student from Lagos.

## Quotes

* There is no controversial journalist; every journalist puts a story out that might be too hard for some people’s ears
** Kemi talked about journalist The Link
* It is very common for Nigerian men to think that all a woman wants is good sex but we don’t need that to get what we want out of life.
** Kemi spoke about what women want Punch
# Kemi Adesoye

Kemi Adesoye is a Nigerian screenwriter, best known for writing the critically acclaimed film The Figurine. She has also written several episodes of the television series Tinsel.

## Quotes

* I am not against criticism but there’s a good criticism that makes the script better and there’s a bad one that makes it worse. So, these were the hurdles I faced earlier in my career.
** Kemi Adesoye spoke about Script writing Vanguard
* In bringing Shuga to Nigeria, I hope that we embrace it. I hope young people will learn, be entertained and ultimately change their lives. I would like Shuga to help start conversations between friends and families about issues relating to certain taboos, talk about HIV and about teen pregnancy.
** Kemi talked about the Movie 'Shuga' PM News
* Screenwriting can be as profitable as you like. It’s a profession you love first before it starts loving you. Every screen­writer’s journey is different. I worked in radio for five years writing full time. And even then it there were long scary moments when nothing was happening. I don’t recommend people quit their day job to pursue screenwriting until your writing can support you”.
** Kemi Adesoye's passion for Screenwriting Nation Mirror

## External links

* Kemi Adesoye on IMDb
# Kemi Olunloyo

Kemi Olunloyo (born Olukemi Omololu-Olunloyo, 6 August 1964) is a Nigerian journalist, blogger, and activist against gun violence, and social media personality.
She is well known within the Nigerian online community, especially for making highly disputed and controversial claims about subjects with high emotional stakes, such as the End SARS protests in 2020 and the death of a private school student from Lagos.

## Quotes

* My statuses are designed to read the Nigerian mind and mentality. I want to fix this country and being a politician is not the only way to do it.
** Kemi Olunloyo speaking about social media News Ghana
* Stop dating people not interested in your personal development. This life is beyond sex, bone straight wigs, iPhone 13, Domino pizza, Coldstone, and KFC. Find a partner who is stress-free, willing to invest in you. Never been married but I see many of y’all divorced so soon.
** kemi Olunloyo tweeted on how to stop marriage from collapsing. PM News
* Why are most of my Facebook fans in Nigeria men? Could it be the women are jealous and intimidated?
** Kemi olunloyo comment on how her Facebook fans News Ghana
* Madam Governor Lifestyle: Yes, I carry guns around Ibadan. There are 5 of them and I owned them legally in the US
** Kemi olunloyo's remark on Nigerian politician News Ghana
* Today I made my debut as an actress. I will be acting in different films IJN. Nollywood is not an easy job. I want to really commend all the actors, actresses, extras, set designers, directors, and producers. It is HARD HARD WORK. I worked on a movie today with Director @toyin_abraham. She is dynamic”
** Kemi as an actress The independent' '
* That prison is a big newsroom, but Nigerian prisons need reform. I met ex-Biafrans and Niger Delta agitators in the prison
** Kemi believed Nigerian prisons needs to be reformedPunch
* But, why are we commercializing religion and brainwashing the congregation? I will become a Woman of God very soon and use my prophetic abilities and bible story knowledge to apply wisdom to your lives. Prison always make all inmates spiritual…right
** Kemi spoke about religion PM News
# Ken Buck

Kenneth Robert Buck (February 16, 1959 –) is an American lawyer and politician who has represented Colorado's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2015. From March 30, 2019, to March 27, 2021, Buck served as chair of the Colorado Republican Party, having replaced Jeff Hays.

## Quotes

* If extreme means that I am unwilling to go to Washington, D.C., and do what President Obama tells me, then so be it. But I am certainly not going to Washington, D.C. to represent the interests of D.C. I'm going there to represent Colorado values.
** Interview with Colorado Senate Candidate Ken Buck (11 August 2010)
* Any time you have a president that you can distinguish your positions from, it is beneficial.
** Ken Buck on his future as Colorado’s GOP leader — he hasn’t made up his mind — and Republican losses (20 November 2020)

## External links

* Official website