The Invention of Jesus

Seems pretty unlikely to me, but interesting nonetheless.

http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Seems pretty unlikely to me, but interesting nonetheless.

http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm

Had a quick scan though and while the idea of denying Christ is far from original, the concept of making money from denying Christ is true stroke of genius.

For me it immediately fell apart when he starts talking about the Romans running out of ideas on how to suppress rebellion and resorting to psychological warfare. Seriously!

Still an innovative money making scheme.

Originally posted by divegeester
Still an innovative money making scheme.

"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -- 1 Timothy 6:9-10, KJV

When will they learn?

Originally posted by Suzianne
"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -- 1 Timothy 6:9-10, KJV

When will they learn?

perdition? coveted? get yourself a real Bible Sista! beep! beep!

Originally posted by divegeester
Had a quick scan though and while the idea of denying Christ is far from original, the concept of making money from denying Christ is true stroke of genius.

For me it immediately fell apart when he starts talking about the Romans running out of ideas on how to suppress rebellion and resorting to psychological warfare. Seriously!

Still an innovative money making scheme.

Crucifiction WAS psychological warfare. The thing about Jesus is that it didn't work with him; his following continued to grow and grow.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Crucifiction WAS psychological warfare. The thing about Jesus is that it didn't work with him; his following continued to grow and grow.

Yes it was, but you know what I meant.

Originally posted by Suzianne
"But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows." -- 1 Timothy 6:9-10, KJV

When will they learn?

Tell that to these people:

http://preachers-of-la.oxygen.com/?camp=CME:ESSENCE&cid=CME:ESSENCE#fbid=1JfSoUYzcqF

here's a better video about the premiere of the show:
YouTube

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
The thing about Jesus is that it didn't work with him; ......

Yes it did. There weren't too many people claiming to be the messiah after that.

Originally posted by robbie carrobie
perdition? coveted? get yourself a real Bible Sista! beep! beep!

What's the matter, are those words too big for your little second-grade mind?

Originally posted by empovsun
Tell that to these people:

http://preachers-of-la.oxygen.com/?camp=CME:ESSENCE&cid=CME:ESSENCE#fbid=1JfSoUYzcqF

here's a better video about the premiere of the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml8bQDnnkKk

That's just horrible.

I'd rather see these people in the streets, communing with the people who really need them, just like Christ did. They should be ashamed.

Originally posted by avalanchethecat
Seems pretty unlikely to me, but interesting nonetheless.

http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm

All in all, it's just another brick in the wall.

Not all false prophets have to claim to BE Jesus. Some will claim Jesus never existed, and some will be led astray.

Originally posted by twhitehead
Yes it did. There weren't too many people claiming to be the messiah after that.

Only because the word was being spread: "He has risen!"

Originally posted by twhitehead
Yes it did. There weren't too many people claiming to be the messiah after that.

That depends on what your definion of "too many" is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_messiah_claimants

There are about 70 listed from those days to present. This doesn't count the ones who were not historically noteworthy.

The following site says, "In The United States and leading western countries, there exists today tens of thousands of people institutionalized who believe themselves to be the Messiah."

http://www.ucadia.com/me/m12/m122000.htm

And this site says, about the Messiah Complex, "Little is known about the disorder, but it is believed that as many as 10% of the population may hold similar beliefs in one form or another, though not significant enough to warrant a diagnosis."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_complex

Finally, this site doesn't make frequency estimates but supports the fact that it is a clinically recognized disorder.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/95508

So each of us might have come across someone with at least, leanings. Edit: I wonder if any of them are here?

This is nothing new! Jesus was made up by the council of nicea in 325AD. Serapis was a man made person which is a comination of the egyptian gods Osiris + Apis = Serapis. Serapis was given a human form which they named Jesus. please check it out.. The new testament was written my the Piso family, which was Romans, Nothing new guys, but this is what they dont want the mases of people to find out as it blows away religion. The original Jesus is Heru, which they took from the Egypians. Through out time there have been more than 16 cruxified saviours, the same story re-told to different people. Peace & Blessings

Originally posted by JS357
That depends on what your definion of "too many" is.

I am only referring to the location and period in which he lived. He was crucified in order to:
a) stop his group growing and causing trouble.
b) stop other groups like his appearing and causing trouble.
It could be argued that a) failed, but it took quite a while for his followers to regroup and even then they mostly left the area and did their preaching elsewhere.
I still say his crucifixion was a success in that it almost certainly served as a deterrent to other claimants to messiah hood for some time after the event - and I am only really talking of 50 years or so, nor am I claiming that no such people existed, only that they would have thought twice before going around calling themselves the messiah.