Assuming some of the stories in the gospels originate from stories told about Jesus, do you think he could have been a kind of magician whose stunts were magnified through history? Or do you think the stories were simply made up decades after to make him look like the Son of God?
I think it’s probably a combination.
Neither; they were the same stories told about other godmen like Mithras, Attas, Osiris, Gilgamesh, Moses…
Recycling old myths to fit new people happened all the time.
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@swordstone666: No offense, but have you tried medication?
By the way, if you know tomorrow’s calamities, tell me the name of next person to be killed in my town (and also tell me what the name of my town is).
Are you up for the challenge?
Can’t wait to see if he accepts your challenge. :)
You could be right, but wintermute has a point too. There are some uncanny similarities between the myths/histories of many religions.
BTW, great clip!
‘tother day on Pharyngula I accidentally mixed up Rowan Atkinson with Rowan Williams (Archbishop of Canterbury). Now I know why ;-).
The problem that you have is that the gospels were not written long enough after the actual events for them to be attributed to legends. Furthermore, Luke the physician and author of Luke, did specific research during the lifetimes of the people who witnessed the events he wrote about. Oddly enough his gospel has a lot more about the virgin birth and various miracles than any of the others.