Who was the historical Jesus and why does he matter? The controversy surrounding the existence of a historical person who founded the Christian movement has been raging for centuries - in fact much longer. This article is a very brief introduction to this lengthy subject. We will not focus here on the evidence concerning the historical Jesus; we only want to illustrate the extant and depth of the controversy. THE DEBATE SURROUNDING THE HISTORICAL JESUS “The day ...
The Mythical Jesus Christ (1)
This page is the beginning of a series which argues the case for the mythical Christ; it is our belief that Jesus Christ never existed as a historical person. We believe this not only because the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of it, but also because we find the mythical Christ to be more spiritually beneficial and less likely to cause the bigotry, small-mindedness and smug superiority which, while not Christian values, all-too-often result from ...
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