What do invented saints tell us about Christianity?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

To say that something plato thought was the "majority view" makes about as much sense as saying that since francis crick doesn't have an issue with biology, that's the majority view of christendom.

This is spot on.  Simply because a philosopher who - let's admit it, lives a somewhat rarified life - holds a particular viewpoint doesn't mean that rank-and-file peasants are going to hold that same view point.  And it's worth mentioning here that Plato doesn't appear anywhere in the New Testament.

Boru