(March 28, 2019 at 10:04 pm)Gae Bolga Wrote: The historical jesus, if there were one, didn't have to be a practicing jew any more than he had to be a carpenters son or a lunatic. There's no indication that any historical jesus formed any sect of any kind, for that matter.
The story as we have it now has held such a privileged place for so long that we impose the contents of it's propagandist and fictitious elements on history.
You may be right.
My understanding is the sect Jesus founded was that Jesus was indeed and that one needed to be a practising Jew to belong to the small sect he founded.. BUT , this is an educated guess at best, based on what I understand of available evidence ,all of which is well after the fact.
However, considering the current choices, I will continue to hold the view I have until some one comes up with a convincing alternative
