(September 22, 2014 at 11:39 am)Chuck Wrote: I believe Jesus was man who laid down his life because he was a cult leader so delusional and self important that he had only vaguest grasp of the potential consequence of his own action. He was a Marshall Applewhite who happen to be born into a particularly susceptible part of the world during a susceptible age.
He is the ultimate example of why the land of Israel didn't need any prophets, but the world had an unfulfilled need for many insane asylums in the land of Israel.
While it is interesting that you believe the christ was a cult leader - the christ of the bible is clearly a MYTH. There MAY have been a HUMAN upon which the MYTHOLOGY of the bible was started - but it is just as clear that humans are not capable of some of the things claimed by religions - about their gods.