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Deciphering the Gospels: Proves Jesus Never Existed
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The idea that Jesus may never have actually existed has been around in modern scholarship for over a century, but it has never been sufficiently proven. Yet critical analysis shows that every account of the life of Jesus can be traced back to the writing now called the Gospel of Mark, and the Gospel of Mark was originally written as a fictional political allegory in reacti
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October 27th 2018
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While lacking an official academic training in a relevant field, R.G. Price (no relation to Robert M. "Bob" Price), Mr. Price has done an extraordinary job in both summarizing the history of the developement of christianity and in discussing the issues involved in orthodox and near-orthodox christian beliefs in what/who Jesus was, or whether he even existed. Much of the book consists of summaries of the major scholarly views on when and by whom the bible "books" were written, concentrating on th
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Thorough account.
The book is a convincing analysis of the existence of a corporeal Christ and it does what it says on the cover. It’s quite hard going simply because the author takes considerable pains to undertake a judicious and calm look at the historicity of the central figure in a world religion. In the end, faith can’t get over the essential tenet that there is no basis for a living Christ and all the superstructure of belief is based on fiction. In the end, Clem Attlee got it right - ‘Don ...more
The book is a convincing analysis of the existence of a corporeal Christ and it does what it says on the cover. It’s quite hard going simply because the author takes considerable pains to undertake a judicious and calm look at the historicity of the central figure in a world religion. In the end, faith can’t get over the essential tenet that there is no basis for a living Christ and all the superstructure of belief is based on fiction. In the end, Clem Attlee got it right - ‘Don ...more
Powerful and persuasive read
Powerful summary of reasons why Jesus did not exist purely from the evidence presented by charisma themselves. I found this a relatively easy read and though even as an atheist and a general subscriber to the Jesus myth I did not necessarily agree with everything in the book I found the overarching argument will presented and quite persuasive. I would have reviewed more detail airtime the literary allusions in the gospel need mark though.
Powerful summary of reasons why Jesus did not exist purely from the evidence presented by charisma themselves. I found this a relatively easy read and though even as an atheist and a general subscriber to the Jesus myth I did not necessarily agree with everything in the book I found the overarching argument will presented and quite persuasive. I would have reviewed more detail airtime the literary allusions in the gospel need mark though.
Before taking time to write something, please first take time to study. And this book is a reason why the author should take this advice!
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