Totally NOT a debate about the veracity of the gospels

[Mudhammam]

Lol, that was when I was smoking copious amounts of strong marijuana all day long.

I was "The" proverbial hippy....hair and all...

Some say Jesus himself was a hippie. Hmmm.

Regarding the Bible being the errant work of man. I have read that, and my 'interpretation' is that when the 'books' were compiled, there were sections left out, and perhaps tampered with. One would have to believe that 'sacred writings' existed in the first place, but let's say we all believe that, for a minute. Considering that the Bible was compiled many years after Jesus' death, stands to reason, the ''story'' got lost in translation along the way.

Exactly. People already believed in the Jewish concept of a physical resurrection of the dead and then arrives onto the scene a man with charisma and skill and a deeply philosophical/religious mind who creates this entirely new interpretation of that old Jewish belief. Then he dies and his followers, perhaps in their extreme grief, experience the usual mental oddities of "visions" and "appearances," which, when interpreted by Jesus' words and their particular brand of Old Testament theology, create new definitions that other illiterate Christians begin to take more literally. And viola! Enter zombie Jesus god.