Paul created the Jesus character after suffering from heat stroke on the road to Damascus to beat up on the members of the Way cult. Paul was the first one to preach about Jesus and he was the first one to write about him. His big draw was that the Jesus character died for people's sins and that if a person believed in Jesus he would gain eternal life.
Paul's disciples wrote stories about the Jesus character so that people could related to him as an actual person. They were able to use metaphors so that they could make Jesus a prophet out of the virgin, Samaria, to the Jews and thereby reunite them as foretold in the Old Testament.
When the rebellion broke out the writers incorporated various exploits of the three main Jewish rebel leaders into the actions of the Jesus character. They were able to tell a political story using the religious framework.
When the English wrote the Bible they changed the names of the major characters as a joke to show that what they were writing was just an elaborate prank.
Today, while billions of people profess to be Christians you would be hard-pressed to find a million or so true believers on the planet. There might be two dozen in America.
Paul's disciples wrote stories about the Jesus character so that people could related to him as an actual person. They were able to use metaphors so that they could make Jesus a prophet out of the virgin, Samaria, to the Jews and thereby reunite them as foretold in the Old Testament.
When the rebellion broke out the writers incorporated various exploits of the three main Jewish rebel leaders into the actions of the Jesus character. They were able to tell a political story using the religious framework.
When the English wrote the Bible they changed the names of the major characters as a joke to show that what they were writing was just an elaborate prank.
Today, while billions of people profess to be Christians you would be hard-pressed to find a million or so true believers on the planet. There might be two dozen in America.
