RE: The (non) existence of Jesus
September 22, 2014 at 2:23 pm
(This post was last modified: September 22, 2014 at 3:01 pm by JesusHChrist.)
(September 22, 2014 at 2:18 pm)Tonus Wrote: I can just imagine a time 2,000 years into the future, when it is shown that there were real life people named Clark Kent, Peter Parker, Bruce Wayne, and Diana Prince, and it will be used as proof that there was a pantheon of gods protecting the Earth from the evil Thanos, who may yet return if humanity doesn't turn from its destructive ways and give both its money and its nubile young virgins over to the new priesthood for "purification."
As it is written, so shall it be done!
(September 22, 2014 at 12:51 pm)Pickup_shonuff Wrote: Can you summarize his main points?
It's been a while, and I'm not sure this represents his current thinking, but what I remember is:
1. No contemporaneous writings
2. Paul meet a spiritual Jesus; not physical, and he is one of the earliest writers
3. There were multiple syncretisms happening at the time (watch the video). Jewish mythology mish-mashed with Hellenism was one variant.
For the rest, you'd have to watch vid or read his book.
