(February 11, 2013 at 12:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote: But in the period of time that the fabricators of the holy horseshit sought to set their story, the Jews were hardly being oppressed. ( This realization, btw, was what set my feet firmly on the road to atheism. If they could lie about that, they could lie about anything.)
I didn't mean to hit any hot buttons by my use of the word. Hope you understand what I was trying to say earlier about their motives to look for their "promised kingdom" in a "higher world" and hence how JC was born in their imaginations.
Quote:Jesus probably didn't plan on creating a new religion, he seemed to believe he was living in the end times and that the world was about to come to an end.
End-timers and doom-criers abounded at that time and Yeshua was a common name. A mortal JC could have been almost anybody. Maybe there were several.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
