RE: Regarding Jesus
July 9, 2014 at 7:00 am
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2014 at 7:02 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I suppose I just don't see much of a difference between a book written by Hubbard, about a Xenu - and a book written by "unknown" about a Jesus. They both serve the same purpose, in the same way, and we can examine either in exactly the same manner. The Xenu story definitely doesn't explain to us "how" scientology got started - and even after 2k years and plenty of rewrites it still won't have that ability. Neither, in my opinion, does the christ narrative. Entirely separate questions. Consider, for example, that christianity is paul's invention, not christ's, and paul never met jesus - doesn't even seem to have known much about him in the way of stories. That being the case, it's easy to argue that even the character of jesus is irrelevant to the history of christianity. After all, he's all things to all men - and simultaneously nothing. These are just a few of the reasons that I feel an insistence on a historical jesus evaporates in the face of inquiry. It isn't in evidence, and it isn't required (and I doubt that it would really be that informative if it were either).
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