I still don't understand why anyone would make up a person like the Biblical Christ..

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Remember when Paul was preaching the prosperity gospel, telling his followers to give until it hurts. 2 Corinthians 9:6-9

Prosperity? Hardly, unless you mean that of the Church at the expense of its flock,which it has always fleeced. Christianity has always glorified poverty,the Catholics still do.. Under Catholicism, the rich get richer,the poor get children..

John Calvin indirectly invented what has become known as 'prosperity theology'. The basis came from the idea of predestination.IE God has already decided who is saved and who is damned. How can one possibly tell if one is saved? Why, personal prosperity is a clear sign of God's favour. Conversely,if you're poor,you're damned. Very smug, very self serving ,this idea produced the perception of 'the undeserving poor' still endemic in our society.