Jesus

Submitted by Bala Bafoofkit (United States), Jan 18, 2012 at 00:36

Jesus is a fictional person, a combination of the Jewish Cargo Cult Messiah and the Typical Greek Savior God. The Messiah was a reaction to the misrule of the Greeks, Hasmoneans, Herodians, and the Romans. Surely a leader would arise from the house of David to drive these kleptocrats from power. However this is based on amnesia, the house of David was also full of miscreants, including David himself. When this Idea arrived in pagan Anatolia, it was combined with Mithas and Tammuz etc. The Greek Savior Gods had miraculous birth stories and to have done miracles. This Messiah had to have the same, and so the Gospels were invented, to fulfill a need. Truth be damned when it comes to true religion.

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