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Permalink Reply by james d on October 13, 2011 at 4:29pm

the evidence for his actual existance is very thin at best! forged entries in historian texts make vague reference to 'jesus' but they are known to be forged years after they were originally written by a man who lived and walked in the time and the place where 'jesus' was to have lived and caused such a stir.

 

many christians are beginning to see this and are willing to accept an allogorical jesus rather than a literal one... just like the rest of the bible, the 'truth' gets adjusted as 'facts' prove 'truth' inaccurate.

 

as far as i am concerned, the jesus in the bible is either a complete myth, a compilation of the various jesus' in the region at the time, or a compilation of many of the pagan religions of the area such as Mythra that were all over the region as well. which ever you pick, the 'biblical' jesus is at best a myth, and at worst, the greatest hoax ever sold to humanity....

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Permalink Reply by Marc Poulin on October 13, 2011 at 4:52pm

Purple monkey dishwasher. This pretty much sums up my thoughts on stories written 100 years after the fact. 

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on October 14, 2011 at 3:44am

If I recollect accurately, we debated this issue in my theology courses.  Gotta love a modern Jesuit education!  I don't know enough about the history in that region around that time (aside from the "official" story) to have a solid opinion but I am skeptical.  I don't think the Church is beyond forgery and destroying any conflicting evidence.

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Permalink Reply by Gabriela Menicucci on October 14, 2011 at 4:57am

Mark 3:21 says ‘When his family heard about this, they said, He is out of his mind". < A paranoid schizophrenic..That's what I would think about Jesus IF the gospels were historical records.

But as most of the things mentioned in the bible his story seems to be a mix of some popular pagan gods of the time. If he existed he was batshit insane, if he didn't, he was a product of the (lack of) imagination batshit crazy bronze age individuals.

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Permalink Reply by erik112358 on October 14, 2011 at 6:53am

The phrase "design by committee" comes to mind.

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Permalink Reply by Jo on October 14, 2011 at 11:23pm

I think that Jesus is like King Aurthur. There was a person that actually existed who inspired the myth we all know today.

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Permalink Reply by Trisha Smith on April 8, 2012 at 8:39am

I was shocked a few years back too when I discovered some similar stuff at http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/surfeit.htm

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