RE: Did Jesus Christ exist as a historical human or was he a theological construct?
June 18, 2010 at 8:21 am
It wouldn't have been that difficult to fabricate Jesus. The Greeks had a host of demigods that were fabricated yet whole-heartedly beleived in as part of the heirarchy at the time. No one doubted the existence of Hercules or Achilles. If we take for example Hercules all it would take is a "discovery" by the church to completely fabricate this mythology, and then circulate the dogma in the centuries afterwards. Literacy amongst the common people was non-existent, so they took everything from figures of authority as gospel.
I too believe that Jesus more than likely existed, however it is entirely possible that the church fabricated his mythology and existence over the centuries.
I too believe that Jesus more than likely existed, however it is entirely possible that the church fabricated his mythology and existence over the centuries.
"In our youth, we lacked the maturity, the decency to create gods better than ourselves so that we might have something to aspire to. Instead we are left with a host of deities who were violent, narcissistic, vengeful bullies who reflected our own values. Our gods could have been anything we could imagine, and all we were capable of manifesting were gods who shared the worst of our natures."-Me
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
"Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, even if religion vanished; but religious superstition dismounts all these and erects an absolute monarchy in the minds of men." – Francis Bacon
