12 Unbelievably Bad Marketers in Jerusalem

[Wyrd of Gawd]

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Again not true. Luke via the book of acts records the gospel of Paul. In a sense Luke was Paul's scribe, and his gospel is that of Paul Himself.

1. No-one knows who wrote Luke or Acts, though they are similar in style
2. Acts is full of fiction and forgeries
3. Paul wrote over 80,000 words and never mentions Jesus' ministry, life before the trial or any historic event or location on Earth.

Paul was the first person to write about Jesus.  He created the Jesus character as a way to sell his new religion of resurrection and as a way to destroy or weaken Judaism and/or the Way cult.  The biblical Paul character is a stellar liar and con man when he wasn't outright nuts.  Paul didn't care what people said about his Jesus character as long as they said something.  Since Paul himself didn't give very many details about his Jesus character his disciples wrote the back story to show why Jesus was worthy of worship and why he could save people's souls if they believed in him.    Some of the other writers concentrated on certain aspects of the Jesus persona, such as his link to the Jews.  The writers also included some of the acts of the three main rebel leaders against the Romans as acts of the Jesus character.  So it's a mixture of politics and religion.

Another theory is that the Romans started the fairy tale as a way to weaken the Jews after the war.  That's not as far-fetched as it might seem since the Roman Emperor started a religion that made his dead boyfriend Antinous into a reborn god, complete with temples and rituals.