RE: Jesus and Paganism
July 29, 2012 at 11:59 pm
(This post was last modified: July 30, 2012 at 12:04 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Sure, for the purposes of my "beliefs" on Jesus and the Christ-Myth I'm as much a scholar as you'll require. I don't believe in the jesus character as anything more than a myth, because to be this character you would have to perform mythical acts a-plenty (and honestly, you have to look pretty hard to find anything at all about this character that isn't squarely mythical -there are no "Jesus takes a shit and gets dingleberries on his robe" narratives -are there). Whether or not we're discussing a jewish preacher that had stories spun about him when we discuss a "historical jesus" is, to me, entirely ridiculous, the character becomes the historical bob.
As Min pointed out through Mencken and others have also pointed out over time on these boards and elsewhere, what jesus is there beyond miracles? I think DP, Min, and I believe we had another that was seriously interested in the christ-myth theory would have better links for you than I could dredge up.
As Min pointed out through Mencken and others have also pointed out over time on these boards and elsewhere, what jesus is there beyond miracles? I think DP, Min, and I believe we had another that was seriously interested in the christ-myth theory would have better links for you than I could dredge up.
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