Giff I was once asked if Jesus did not exist how his story acquired so much fame and so many believers?They were basically asking me how an entire religion could be founded on a fictional character.I mentioned that alot of the more primitive religions were based on fictional characters and that that was no proof of the existence of Christ.But if I did have to name a founder to christianity as we know it today it would have to be Saul of Tarsus aka Paul the so called author of the gospel of John.If you took the time to read and analyze all four gospels you will see a very different teaching in the gospel of John than the other three.John made Christ the god man,son of god,etc.His whole gospel focuses on Jesus reign in heaven and his triumphant return.
I think the only reason christianity became so powerful and popular was because it was officially recognized as the official religion by the Roman empire and the Emperor Constantine.Otherwise it would have fizzled out or evolved to another form of religion as all of it's predecessors have done.This mingling of political might and religion turned christianity into the most powerful institution the world has ever known.
But,I do not agree that there ever was a man named Jesus Christ who walked the Earth performing signs and wonders and raising the dead etc.Even some of the stories regarding his death and the events that took place afterward were too fantastical to believe and were not recorded in any secular book of history.I think if the dead were strolling around town and there was a period of darkness in broad daylight at the death of Jesus we would certainly have had a secular record of these amazing occurences.Christian literature is the only source of these events because they needed to promote their religion and nothing can promote a religion better than the claims of miracles.
I think the only reason christianity became so powerful and popular was because it was officially recognized as the official religion by the Roman empire and the Emperor Constantine.Otherwise it would have fizzled out or evolved to another form of religion as all of it's predecessors have done.This mingling of political might and religion turned christianity into the most powerful institution the world has ever known.
But,I do not agree that there ever was a man named Jesus Christ who walked the Earth performing signs and wonders and raising the dead etc.Even some of the stories regarding his death and the events that took place afterward were too fantastical to believe and were not recorded in any secular book of history.I think if the dead were strolling around town and there was a period of darkness in broad daylight at the death of Jesus we would certainly have had a secular record of these amazing occurences.Christian literature is the only source of these events because they needed to promote their religion and nothing can promote a religion better than the claims of miracles.
There is nothing people will not maintain when they are slaves to superstition
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