(June 25, 2012 at 9:42 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:(June 25, 2012 at 8:51 pm)LEDO Wrote: And if there was, would his life resemble anything in the Bible? Could we recognize that person as Jesus once we remove the myth?
This is a summation of my problem with the whole discussion of the "historical Jesus". WTF does that even mean once all the divinity and magic is removed?
BINGO! If he is just a man, then he can only be a salesman of a cult. People sell all sorts of crazy ideas and people end up following them because "it sounds nice" Otherwise L Ron Hubbard wouldn't have lead to Scientology.