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RE: What if the Romans hadn't killed Jesus?
April 15, 2014 at 3:16 pm
(April 15, 2014 at 1:25 pm)max-greece Wrote: Mithras would have been the largest religion in the world.
Unlikely, Mithraism was a soldier's cult - had little populist appeal, and absolutely none with women.
Most likely, some other "martyr" would be proclaimed a figurehead of a new religion, and some Emperor would have used it as a unifying force like Constantine I did. Or, the Empire would have stuck with Sol Invictus, which has the added bonus of sounding much more bad-ass than Jesus.
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RE: What if the Romans hadn't killed Jesus?
April 15, 2014 at 3:24 pm
We're back to the original question, though. Whether it's cuddly ol' Jesus or some other figurehead, the movement still needs a central sacrificial offering of Yahweh to itself. So could the bad guys in the story possibly have had the free will to change the plot?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: What if the Romans hadn't killed Jesus?
April 15, 2014 at 3:28 pm
Then christians wouldnt have brought their dirty laundry here... and there would be no easter bunny and no santa...
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RE: What if the Romans hadn't killed Jesus?
April 15, 2014 at 3:35 pm
You make a compelling case. I'm sure that those holidays would still exist, given their astronomical importance to humanity's history. They'd just have the xtian façade stripped away.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: What if the Romans hadn't killed Jesus?
April 15, 2014 at 3:38 pm
(April 15, 2014 at 3:35 pm)Stimbo Wrote: You make a compelling case. I'm sure that those holidays would still exist, given their astronomical importance to humanity's history. They'd just have the xtian façade stripped away.
Agreed - a lot of christian festivals coincide with pagan ones - I doubt the majority of people cared what was being celebrated at the time.
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RE: What if the Romans hadn't killed Jesus?
April 15, 2014 at 6:17 pm
I suspect that, given enough time, Jesus would have either been exposed as a fraud and discredited, or the hubbub would have died down and Christianity would have evolved into one of those cults who spend their days waiting for the mothership and eventually drink the punch.
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