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If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 4:59 pm
If we have a starting point that Jesus was just a man, had a small cult and followers, got killed by someone or the goverment, why would the stories develop and grow so much?
How did it get so big?
He was practically invisible to the surrounding historians etc
I just can't understand how it became one of the largest religions in the world?
Any rational explanations why it turned out the way it did?
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:03 pm
Some people simply saw an opportunity and exploited it by making a seemingly ordinary man more than he was.
All fairy tales have a minute basis in reality, after all. Perhaps not to the reader, but certainly to the writer who fabricated the characters and plot.
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:06 pm
THE USE OF FORCE.....
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm
(This post was last modified: January 28, 2014 at 5:08 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:I just can't understand how it became one of the largest religions in the world?
Meet Constantine.
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Sleazebag politician and murdering thug. He made two serious mistakes.
One was demolishing the Roman military machine which had kept the empire for 3 centuries and the other was legitimizing a bunch of nutty old fucks with a silly superstition and thinking he could use them to "unify" the empire.
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm
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(January 28, 2014 at 5:06 pm)truthBtold Wrote: THE USE OF FORCE.....
And there wasn't atari 2600 yet!!
(January 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:I just can't understand how it became one of the largest religions in the world?
Meet Constantine.
Sleazebag politician and murdering thug. He made two serious mistakes.
One was demolishing the Roman military machine which had kept the empire for 3 centuries and the other was legitimizing a bunch of nutty old fucks with a silly superstition and thinking he could use them to "unify" the empire.
Thats the guy that took my wallet!! That mans NUTS grab em
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:21 pm
Careful. I heard he's a stone cold killer.
This kind of thing happens a lot. It's even happening with some people today, from what I've heard. It's one of a variety of ways to control the masses.
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:50 pm
(January 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Quote:I just can't understand how it became one of the largest religions in the world?
Meet Constantine.
Sleazebag politician and murdering thug. He made two serious mistakes.
One was demolishing the Roman military machine which had kept the empire for 3 centuries and the other was legitimizing a bunch of nutty old fucks with a silly superstition and thinking he could use them to "unify" the empire.
It appears that christianity already had grown earlier than that:
"The imperial support that Constantine gave to Christianity had a great impact. Obviously Constantine legalized Christianity in all areas of his empire. In the eastern half of the empire, a stronger population of Christians always had existed."
Why?
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:51 pm
If Kim Il Sung was just a man, why all the stories?
If L. Ron Hubbard was just a man, why all the stories?
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:52 pm
Questioner isn't a religious view. Would you like to try again?
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RE: If Jesus was just a man, why all the stories?
January 28, 2014 at 5:57 pm
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(January 28, 2014 at 5:50 pm)1tasolo Wrote: (January 28, 2014 at 5:07 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Meet Constantine.
Sleazebag politician and murdering thug. He made two serious mistakes.
One was demolishing the Roman military machine which had kept the empire for 3 centuries and the other was legitimizing a bunch of nutty old fucks with a silly superstition and thinking he could use them to "unify" the empire.
It appears that christianity already had grown earlier than that:
"The imperial support that Constantine gave to Christianity had a great impact. Obviously Constantine legalized Christianity in all areas of his empire. In the eastern half of the empire, a stronger population of Christians always had existed."
Why?
Google "cargo cults". Or "Mormonism". Or "Scientology".
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