Jesus and Paganism

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True enough,but I think his flying horse is a bit hard to swallow.

Pegasus was an old tale when Hesiod began discussing it in the 8th century BC. The Greeks brought their culture throughout West Asia when Alexander took his little field trip.

Could you give me any links about the Christ myth and credible, non-fanatical scholars who believe in the Christ-myth theory?

Oh there are plenty of links....this one, http://www.jesusneverexisted.com will keep you busy for years it you like. But, the jesus freaks have a neat little trick. ANYONE who questions their bullshit is, by definition, a fanatic and therefore not credible. So, it is amusing when you see a guy like Bart Ehrman stumble around trying to explain exactly what he means by an "historical jesus." It ends up pretty much like your own...some guy with a minor following who a lot of horseshit stories sprung up about.

The thing is, it is the stories that the xtians venerate. They aren't too big on this "help the poor," "turn the other cheek," or "blessed be the peacemakers" shit. Without miracles, "jesus" is just another shlepper who may or may not have gotten himself killed.

And it is at this point that the Great Xtian Paradox comes into play. On the one hand they insist that their boy had "multitudes" of followers and was so fucking dangerous that the Jewish high priests had to break every rule in their own book to hold a trial on Passover because they couldn't wait ONE MORE DAY. While, at the same time, ole jesus was so insignificant that no Greco-Roman or Jewish writer ever heard of him for a century. They need to make up their minds.