Quote:1. The followers of John the Baptist stubbornly refused to listen to the very man they revered.
2. The Gospel accounts are a bit of religious propaganda used to incorporate the icons of a rival religion in EXACTLY THE SAME WAY the Muslims would later do to Jesus. Also, exactly the same way Christianity incorporated the icons and practices of rival religions throughout its history (see Christmas and Easter).
I propose Option #3, D-P. "Jesus" was a much later interpolation into the story.


