The idea goes way back to the French Revolution, Orog, when the church was seen as a part of the problem enhancing the nobility's oppression of the people.
It developed further as noted here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_myth_theory
What is interesting are the refutations which basically amount to the same old shit that the fundies trot out trying to prop up their godboy.
It developed further as noted here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_myth_theory
What is interesting are the refutations which basically amount to the same old shit that the fundies trot out trying to prop up their godboy.