EXISTENCE OF CHRIST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 136, 12 June 1933, Page 9

EXISTENCE OF CHRIST.

MYTH THEORY DISPROVED

LECTURE BY REV. D. D. SCOTT,

The Rev. P. D. Scott, Moderator of the rrcsbyterian General Assembly, lectured on "Jesus Christ" at tho Chamber yesterday under the auspices of the Council of Christian Congregations. Attempts had been made in recent times, ho said, to throw doubts upon the historical existence of Jesus, and to account for Him by extreme use of tho myth theory. A recent investigation of the evidence by an American Orientalist, G. F. Moore, had, however, overthrown this myth argument. Referring to the New Testament, Mr. Scott said the myth element was small, consisting probably of a few such passages as the one which stated that at the crucifixion tho bodies of the saints arose and appeared to many in Jerusalem. Mr. Scott said there wcro two assertions which could be acceptcd without question. The first was that there was 110 parallel to the influence of Jesus over the minds and hearts of men. Western civilisation was what it was because Ho had lived in Palestine. To Him it owed the universal belief in ono beneficent God. Tho second was that a great deal might be believed about Him without hesitation, including many of the chief incidents in tho narratives of His life, and also the main content of His teaching.