> But the difference here is that Jesus is placed at documented events > with real people. So let's go over the possibilities of your > contention:
Ever read Homer's Odyssey? There's real events there, too. The Trojan War was a real event and Troy was a real place. Ever read any Gore Vidal's Lincoln? Any other historical fiction? How about Life of Brian? Tom Clancy's Red Rabbit was about the KGB's attempt to assassinate the Pope (the conspiracy and KGB involvement was a fiction, the assassination attempt was real). Does that make Jack Ryan a real person? > 1.) A person or group spread the Jesus myth during the time he was > said to live. Unlikely since the Romans would've quashed it in a > second. Legendary heroes of the resistance didn't exist? Their deeds growing in intensity and bravery with the retelling of each tale? > 2.) The myth was created shortly after his purported death and his > life was, therefore, back dated. Unlikely since there were documented > people such as Thomas who claimed to have spent time with him and > travel the world. "claimed" > That is, Thomas isn't a myth so if Jesus is Thomas > had to be in on the deception and backdating. Thomas: Jesus? Yes, of course I knew him. Great guy. Rose from the dead, you know. Sure did. Stuck my fingers right in the holes in his hand... Oh! And his side. Musn't forget his side!! You getting all this down? Thomas did a lot of marketing for the early faith, no? A lot of legwork (rimshot) Who better than a guy who claims to have met _the_ guy? Wow! Nobody ever fakes credentials, eh? Especially not back then! > 3.) The myth was created much after his claimed death. Again unlikely > due to documented history that would've had to been faked. None of the gospels (books taken by many as historical fact, even when presented with contradictory passages) were written down until literally a hundred years after the purported death of Christ. No one with firsthand knowledge of Christ ever wrote down anything about him. Go figure. > So the only realistic possibility is that the myth was created in his > time. But this would require that other documented people were all in > on the deception. Which seems quite unlikely. Which other documented people? Pontius Pilate for instance? No historical text or record exists from the time indicating that he ordered the execution of Christ. But a document written at minimum a hundred years later does. Woof. Proof positive I guess. And while we're at it. What about Casca Rufio Longinus? Oh he of sticking the pointy item in Christ's side. He's purported to have been cursed to wander the earth until Christ's return. But again, no historical record exists of ol'Casca. Odd that. Oh and let's not forget the pieces of the "true cross" that exist. -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:221885 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
