Thanks for the assist Kyu I also have read Earl Doherty's book The Jesus Puzzle and have found it to be very instructive on this issue.I have a book entitled 'Sixteen Crucified Christs' and it illustrates how the Jesus myth was plagiarized from more ancient myths.The closest thing to the origin of Jesus would be the dead sea scrolls of the Gnostics.They speak of a messiah but never name him and even they are pre-christian in origin.
Regarding the scriptures the first thing to make note of is that there is not one original biblical document in existence,so everything we have are copies of copies.Not to mention the fact that not a single word was written about Jesus till about 50 years after his alleged death.Also,the authorship of most of the biblical books are in question.Not to mention the many contradictions in the scriptures regarding Jesus death and resurrection.If you took the time to read the books of Matthew,Mark,and Luke you will see how different the last days of Jesus were.If there was to be a founder of Christianity I would give that title to the author of John.That is the only book in the gospels that plays frequently on the divinity of Christ.
The Jesus of scripture is a myth as is the entire bible.Religion in all its forms is mans quest to understand himself and his place in the universe.The words of Christ in the bible are also dubious since we are taking the word of the author regarding what this fictional Jesus spoke since he himself if he ever existed did not bother to write anything down.
Regarding the scriptures the first thing to make note of is that there is not one original biblical document in existence,so everything we have are copies of copies.Not to mention the fact that not a single word was written about Jesus till about 50 years after his alleged death.Also,the authorship of most of the biblical books are in question.Not to mention the many contradictions in the scriptures regarding Jesus death and resurrection.If you took the time to read the books of Matthew,Mark,and Luke you will see how different the last days of Jesus were.If there was to be a founder of Christianity I would give that title to the author of John.That is the only book in the gospels that plays frequently on the divinity of Christ.
The Jesus of scripture is a myth as is the entire bible.Religion in all its forms is mans quest to understand himself and his place in the universe.The words of Christ in the bible are also dubious since we are taking the word of the author regarding what this fictional Jesus spoke since he himself if he ever existed did not bother to write anything down.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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