(June 1, 2021 at 8:57 am)Belacqua Wrote:(June 1, 2021 at 8:49 am)Brian37 Wrote: The move to hiding behind "allegory" or "metaphor" is recent in theist apology.
This is not true.
Paul interpreted the Old Testament as allegory. Jesus spoke in parables. Augustine wrote a whole book on non-literal Genesis.
There is absolutely NO evidence that there were the claimed 12 disciples at the actual alleged time the bible claims the Character Jesus existed. The first known book was written way after the alleged 32/33 years the bible claims.
It makes much more sense to me, a person, or group of people, got tired of the old Hebrew ways and decided to create a splinter sect. Those individuals used the real time to sell fantastic stories, and after they died, the popularity of their fantastic adventures caught on, just like L Ron Hubbard was able to start Scientology. Just like the Rasta religion is a spin of mix of African/Jewish/Catholic motifs.
The 12 Disciples were pseudonyms, like ghost writers, except they were not contemporary witnesses. They were writers who simply took advantage of legend and mythology and made it popular after the fact.
Much like in the industrial revolution, someone comes up with an idea, but someone else sees their idea, and beats them to the patent office.
But in the case of the Jesus Character, they were not marketing a truth, just a legend, a myth.
The first official bible was not compiled until 329 CE. And even then, by that time there were books left out.
