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anciano

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Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Sun Feb 1, 2026, 07:43 PM

13 hrs ago

Agnostic here. I completely agree that if there was an actual historical teacher that is now referred to as Jesus, that he didn't start a new religion. He was simply "deified" later and his life story embellished by folks who saw an opportunity to start a new gig.
"The Christian theory is little else than the idolatry of the ancient mythologists, accommodated to the purposes of power and revenue." Thomas Paine

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I have become an agnostic as far as a mythical or historical Jesus. [View all] edhopper 14 hrs ago OP

control markie 14 hrs ago #1

Jesus preached love. The old Testament "Thow shall not kill".That was an important change from an eye for an eye applegrove 14 hrs ago #5

To bad the Church edhopper 13 hrs ago #7

They followed it in times and places. It was revolutionary for the area. applegrove 13 hrs ago #8

Not since Constantine edhopper 13 hrs ago #9

Christians had less infanticide since 'Thow Shall No Kill' applegrove 13 hrs ago #10

Christian numbers grew edhopper 12 hrs ago #11

Read it somewhere. applegrove 11 hrs ago #12

It is just a step up from the ending of child sacrifice applegrove 10 hrs ago #14

Preachers called Yeshua at that time and specific place.... ABC123Easy 14 hrs ago #2

Lots of people have debated this and as you noted, we will probably never know biophile 14 hrs ago #3

Pandora's box. The tools of sharing information so cachukis 14 hrs ago #4

Like your post👍 ..... anciano 13 hrs ago #6

The Romans kept a lot of records. multigraincracker 11 hrs ago #13