(May 8, 2013 at 5:34 pm)Godschild Wrote:Maybe, just maybe... the charlatans of old were not what you think the charlatans of old were.(May 8, 2013 at 3:12 am)Ryantology Wrote: If I went back to Israel 2000 years ago and demonstrated the use of walkie-talkies, recorded music, firearms and modern medicine, those goat-herding yokels would worship Ryan, the son of God. They didn't have a fraction of an idea how the world worked outside of their primitive, everyday experience. That is why charlatans like Jesus became so popular throughout history. Almost everything outside of agriculture and animal husbandry was magic to them.
If so many charlatans were so popular then why have they passed away in history, oh that's right they passed away. I would guess it's fairly hard to be popular after you've been dead a few years. You sure are good at making assumptions with your present day knowledge about people who so many years ago. MWOM
Maybe they had a much more convincing story... for the intended audience. But the story became less and less convincing and it had to be adapted, to better suit the times...
First charlatans: shamans.
Second version: polytheists
Third version: monotheists
And they have all along gone hand in hand with the powerful of the land... except in more recent times
