Re: Easter 2007 - Jesus, Myth of History or Son of God?

Acrux wrote:
1. There is the historical proof the myth could not invent the
Cross.

The cross was the means of execution employed by the ancient Romans (among others). In that sense, it is equivalent to the gas chamber, electric chair, gallows, or firing squad. It does not need mythical invention. It was not the shape described in the myth however ... more like a T, so the extra part with 'inri' written on it could not have been affixed as described.

It is fortunate, is it not, that christians are not obliged to wander about wearing a small replica, tastefully fashioned in silver or gold, of old sparky.


If the Cross roused a "social orror" by the heathens ,it
caused a shocking religious dismay by the Jews.


There were no heathens. There were Jews and there were followers of the religions of the Romans (the natural religions of Europe).


2. the power of making miracles in order to be believed.


There were no 'miracles' - those are part of the myth.


3. Jesus says on the Cross: "My God ,My God ,why did You abandon me ?
Such words might even shock the reader. Why should they have been
written if they weren't true,then ?


What else would such a person have said? It is necessary to explain away that a person who is effectively a minor deity is about to die just like the rest of us. So, his imaginary supreme being must have deserted him or he would have stopped them.

You might bear in mind that Jesus did not die for your sins, or so that you might live. He died because he caused too much trouble. He was one of several so-called messiahs around that time.

You might also bear in mind that Jesus, and his disciples, were all good Jewish men. None of them were 'christians' and none of them set out to start a new religion, or new offshoot of Judaism.

Prior to your next posting, try studying religion rather than taking part in one.

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Blue Sow
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