(March 19, 2018 at 5:03 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Not immediately, though.
Celsus writing towards the end of the 2d century is the first Greco-Roman writer to mention anyone named "Jesus." Even Lucian of Samosata, some 20 years earlier heard the tale of the shitwits worshipping a crucified criminal but he never mentions the name.
Suetonius, Tacitus ( if not a total forgery ) and Pliny the Younger mention Christus.... or more probably "Chrestus" but none of them ever heard of this jesus guy. Suetonius, the youngest of the three died in 130, some 50 years before Celsus.
This suggests that the addition of "jesus" to the story is a second-century rewrite.
I just realized how trashy the story of Jesus is. Mary is a "virgin" and has not yet slept with her soon to be husband Joseph. Mary fucks some other guy and gets pregnant. Real father bounces out of the picture, lets face it too it's not like he ever sent child support either. Jesus grows up knowing that Joseph is not his real dad, develops daddy issues and starts rebelling against authority. Father tells him to kill himself. Gets caught by authorities for being a criminal and executed.
Let's worship that guy!
