20 Sep '12 03:55>
http://www.jesusneverexisted.com/index.html
The Introduction:
"...Christianity was the ultimate product of religious syncretism in the ancient world. Its emergence owed nothing to a holy carpenter. There were many Jesuses but the fable was a cultural construct.
The nativity yarn is a concatenation of nonsense. The genealogies of Jesus, both Matthew's version and Luke's, are pious fiction. Nazareth did not exist in the 1st century AD – the area was a burial ground of rock-cut tombs.
With multiple authors behind the original gospel story it is no surprise that the figure of "Jesus" is a mess of contradictions. Yet the story is so thinly drawn that being a "good Christian" might mean almost anything.
The 12 disciples are as fictitious as their master, invented to legitimise the claims of the early churches. The original Mary was not a virgin, that idea was borrowed from pagan goddesses. The pagan world knew all about virgins getting pregnant by randy gods: The Mythical "Virgin Mother".
Scholars have known all this for more than 200 years but priestcraft is a highly profitable business and finances an industry of deceit to keep the show on the road."
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Mmmm! Jesus - your "saviour" and godman, fine. But of the whole universe, while everyone else are blind heathens, bound for 'hell' - no, unacceptable and begging for some deconstruction.
The writer, Kenneth Humphries and his arguments can be questioned but history has some facts to be wrestled with. He presents it forcefully, extensively, with all well researched.
History tragics will delight.
Open-minded reflection is the main path to insight. Sometimes a compassionate whack helps.
The Introduction:
"...Christianity was the ultimate product of religious syncretism in the ancient world. Its emergence owed nothing to a holy carpenter. There were many Jesuses but the fable was a cultural construct.
The nativity yarn is a concatenation of nonsense. The genealogies of Jesus, both Matthew's version and Luke's, are pious fiction. Nazareth did not exist in the 1st century AD – the area was a burial ground of rock-cut tombs.
With multiple authors behind the original gospel story it is no surprise that the figure of "Jesus" is a mess of contradictions. Yet the story is so thinly drawn that being a "good Christian" might mean almost anything.
The 12 disciples are as fictitious as their master, invented to legitimise the claims of the early churches. The original Mary was not a virgin, that idea was borrowed from pagan goddesses. The pagan world knew all about virgins getting pregnant by randy gods: The Mythical "Virgin Mother".
Scholars have known all this for more than 200 years but priestcraft is a highly profitable business and finances an industry of deceit to keep the show on the road."
****
Mmmm! Jesus - your "saviour" and godman, fine. But of the whole universe, while everyone else are blind heathens, bound for 'hell' - no, unacceptable and begging for some deconstruction.
The writer, Kenneth Humphries and his arguments can be questioned but history has some facts to be wrestled with. He presents it forcefully, extensively, with all well researched.
History tragics will delight.
Open-minded reflection is the main path to insight. Sometimes a compassionate whack helps.