Phat writes:
Do you see no difference in the character of Jesus versus the character of the people on my list and the people you mentioned?
This is actually relevant to the topic and I think pretty important.
In all cases we really can't see the actual character of the people mentioned. We have no way of knowing what Jesus' real character was like.
With contemporary people there is at least the possibility of some revealed truth in the sense of this thread but when it comes to Jesus we have only the most unreliable evidence that Jesus even existed. Outside the books selected to be included in the Bible and a few documents that were not included in the Bible we have no evidence that the character Jesus even lived.
The person or persons that wrote the Gospel of John have the character make the assertion Faith quoted. In fact that assertion is only found in John, not in the other Gospels and is in fact taken out of the context of that chapter which is a revision and expansion of the Great Commission (I think I even posted a whole thread on that topic).
To use that as evidence opens the valid question that why should the similar assertions about other folk making claims be given equal weight?
In Christian Theology the answer is far too often "Because the Bible says so." but that offers no revealed truths, only a belief that certain beliefs are true.
Science tests such assertions to find truth.
Religion accepts such assertions and declares "TRUTH".