I've used this analogy before but I see no harm in using it again.
We have one original story of the godboy: what is written in what later came to be known as the gospel of mark. We have two later fan fics in matty and luke that added on to it and which were later accepted by the powers-that-be and one piece of psychedelic nonsense (john.)
We do not have any story which tells of a non-miracle working guy wandering around making a pain in the ass of himself in early first century Judaea by talking about silly shit to a bunch of peasants. This idea is wholly a creation of modern historians who understand that miracles are childish but cannot let go of the idea that there MUST be some kernel of historical truth to the story. This, in spite of the fact that most of these same historians would deny that there is any need for such a kernel in the tales of Osiris, Zeus, Marduk or Quetzlcoatl.
In Star Trek Captain Kirk is commander of the Enterprise. He is not "merely" the guy who operates the transporter. No one tries to give him a demotion to make him "real."
We have one original story of the godboy: what is written in what later came to be known as the gospel of mark. We have two later fan fics in matty and luke that added on to it and which were later accepted by the powers-that-be and one piece of psychedelic nonsense (john.)
We do not have any story which tells of a non-miracle working guy wandering around making a pain in the ass of himself in early first century Judaea by talking about silly shit to a bunch of peasants. This idea is wholly a creation of modern historians who understand that miracles are childish but cannot let go of the idea that there MUST be some kernel of historical truth to the story. This, in spite of the fact that most of these same historians would deny that there is any need for such a kernel in the tales of Osiris, Zeus, Marduk or Quetzlcoatl.
In Star Trek Captain Kirk is commander of the Enterprise. He is not "merely" the guy who operates the transporter. No one tries to give him a demotion to make him "real."
