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In reply to the discussion: Ancient Confession Found: 'We Invented Jesus Christ' [View all]dimbear
(6,271 posts)92. Dawkins follows up:
"However, he later tweeted: "RT doesn't imply endorsement. I'm not qualified to judge Atwill's thesis. Just thought it might be worth a look." "
My original suspicions, that he had had a small stroke, are now not so grave.
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I understand. Yet, if shown to be a total fabrication, as is asserted, will you continue
cleanhippie
Oct 2013
#11
He "asserts that Christianity" began as "a kind of propaganda ... to pacify" the Roman subjects
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#4
The bible was written 250 yrs after it supposed happened. Archaeologists, anthropoligists,
Welibs
Oct 2013
#14
"tools, artifacts, entire cities, frozen bodies, bones dating back 240 million years." Really?
cleanhippie
Oct 2013
#16
My interpretation is that 240 m.y. refers to "bones" not e.g. "entire cities".
Warren Stupidity
Oct 2013
#21
Well, it's certainly a more-plausible explanation than believing all the supernatural hokum
stopbush
Oct 2013
#30
His reply to me didn't really make any sense, as far as I can tell
muriel_volestrangler
Oct 2013
#47
Shucks, I had gotten all excited, had looked the book up in Amazon, my balloon is popped!1 n/t
UTUSN
Oct 2013
#78
I have a definite soft spot for Marcion. Around 150 CE, his brand of Christianity was the
dimbear
Oct 2013
#64
Bookmarked as very interesting. Meanwhile, have you looked at Bruce Brooks and his
dimbear
Oct 2013
#75
It is possible that Jesus was a real man who started a religion the Romans found convenient
leveymg
Oct 2013
#52
Should be interesting to see what they come up with. I don't think it will change my faith and it
hrmjustin
Oct 2013
#41
Your link is a press release; the event advertised is styled "Is Christianity the genesis of
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#42
I fear the timing is off some. More likely 3rd/4th century Romans picked and chose what they liked
dimbear
Oct 2013
#45
At that point the Romans had already been using religion to unite their empire
truebluegreen
Oct 2013
#54
The Roman Empire was in a state of crisis for much of the Third and Fourth Centuries, so
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#65
As I heard it, the Sasanids play quite an important part in western history. Constantine admired
dimbear
Oct 2013
#67
I don't understand the need for Rome to invent Jesus, particularly since it kinda backfired...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#49
Not quite true, first off, Jesus Christ didn't become prominent until a century later...
Humanist_Activist
Oct 2013
#68
If you are committed to the premise that "he lived," then you can apply your own logic to
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#70
"allegedly new and exciting sources ... sometimes turn out to be fakes" would be my reading
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#60
If Marco Polo's Holy water was good enough for the Kublai Khan, why not you?
AnotherMcIntosh
Oct 2013
#66
You'll have to forgive me for not having much of an opinion about a conversation
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#72
It is true that Atwill only attended "a Jesuit Military Academy" and had no real scholarly cred but
grantcart
Oct 2013
#84
Or at least published by a genuine publisher instead of self-published thru a vanity press
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#61
... Atwill's theory is one of the sillier ones at the kooky end of the Jesus Myther spectrum. It's
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#80
Your rhetoric suggests that from your conviction, that the Jesus stories are nonsense, you conclude
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#82
Is that the first time he's stated "I'm not qualified" in regard to anything concerning religion?
rug
Oct 2013
#94
I don't have the mad google skills of some of our members, but a few clicks shows that no,
dimbear
Oct 2013
#95
I do not understand this idea that, if one thinks someone else is misleading the public
struggle4progress
Oct 2013
#88