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MrRodgers -> RE: Do You Believe Historical Jesus Actually Existed? (2/21/2016 2:02:10 AM)
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But jesus, or whatever his real name was, was never a Christian. He was an orthodox jew and was brought up in a kosher home. I believe Paul was the money-hungry spruiker who saw how to make a buck out of this religion and went for it. It succeeded beyond his wildest dreams but didn't really do him a lot of good, did it. Sounds like that bloke Jimmy Jones.
Actually is was John who charged money for absolution and the Romans made no historical record of a man called Jesus Christ. Not only is the story of a young prodigious preacher, of 12 disciples, who performed magic tricks, healed the sick, eventually betrayed for gain, executed somehow and resurrected, an old story repeated many times and some before the time of this man called Jesus but the only reference outside the bible was a mention of 'a' christ (general term) and only once in Roman literature.
I've seen some scholars say there was a 50/50 chance a man named Jesus never existed and another that claimed the whole new testament was written by the Romans some 40 years after the alleged crucifixion or 73 AD. (that's how they got all of the predictions right) This was done to shift Roman control of the population to faith, rather than by force.
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