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IMO whatever started Christianity was not Jewish in origin. εὐδαιμονία | eudaimonia |
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I can't help but wonder why Greeks or Romans would invent a religion in the 2nd, 3rd or 4th century that would be centered around a 1st century Jew.
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Jews had been dispersed from their homeland from the first and early 2nd centuries - there would 've been less centralization of belief: more diversity and influence by where the various groups of the Jewish diaspora settled or moved through.
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"I can well acknowledge that elements of several representative, historical figures fed into the myth of the Gospel Jesus, since even mythical characters can only be portrayed in terms of human personalities, especially ones from their own time that are familiar and pertinent to the writers of the myths." http://jesuspuzzle.humanists.net/rfset5.htm#Mary Unfortunately, Earl has repeatedly failed to provide historical evidence for any figures he deems to be relevant to the creation of the figure of JC in the gospel story. |
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