Quote:I think there probably was a historical person the book of Mark is loosely derived from, but I think the story of Joseph of Arimathea was invented out of whole cloth just to give Jesus a tomb to rise from.
Do you also think there was a historical Osiris? Or Zeus? Or Quetzlcoatl? Or Shiva?
Humans have been inventing gods since the dawn of civilization. "Jesus" is the king of special pleading.


