RE: I still don't understand why anyone would make up a person like the Biblical Christ..
August 6, 2011 at 10:53 pm
(This post was last modified: August 6, 2011 at 11:03 pm by Minimalist.)
Quote:First of all, what about all the fulfilled prophecies from the Old Testament?
What about the ones that 'god' fucked up?
http://faithskeptic.50megs.com/prophecies.htm
Maybe it's just me but shouldn't 'god' bat 1.000?
Quote:Secondly, why not make up a messianic figure who would be a politlcal/military deliverer from Rome
Because the Romans kept slaughtering all the guys who tried that. Even worse than a crucified 'god' is one who gets the shit kicked out of him by the 5th Legion.
You need to look at the whole bullshit story...absurd as it is. The idea is that jesus had to SUFFER in order to satisfy his dad...who was really him although that part wasn't written until a lot later...to appease his dad...which was really him for all of man's awful sins against his dad...who was really him. There was no more disreputable/painful death in the Roman world than crucifixion. Of course, 'god' isn't really dead he wakes up and ascends to fucking heaven so he really didn't suffer all that much.
How far would they have gotten if they claimed that the Messiah HAD defeated Rome? That claim is immediately falsifiable and Caesar would have gotten really pissed.
