Was Christianity created by the Flavians?

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Early Christians didn't have all the Gospels or "wars" at their disposal, and most of them didn't know how to read either so it wouldn't have mattered. Then by the time everything was put together in the 4th century it was in a Latin that wasn't spoken anymore, and those works wouldn't be translated for centuries. One or two parallels is nothing. We're talking about a SEQUENCE of over 2 dozen parallels. The fact that both works go through the same sequence is very significant. The fact that one is always a satirical version of the other is also very significant. If you can find even 5 parallels like that between one of Tolkien's books and an historical event I can pretty much guarantee Tolkien did it on purpose. 1st Timothy wasn't written by Paul because Paul was another entirely fictional character. Luke and Acts were both written by Josephus Flavius, so you're right about that. What other people buy is irrelevant, the facts speak for themselves and they say quite clearly Jesus was a creation of the Flavians.
Who cares who invented a fantasy? Someone obviously did, and that's all that matters. Lois
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What other people buy is irrelevant, the facts speak for themselves and they say quite clearly Jesus was a creation of the Flavians.
And that's your problem right there.
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Who cares who invented a fantasy? Someone obviously did, and that's all that matters. Lois
It's probably the most sophisticated piece of literature ever created. On its surface it establishes Christianity with a story about Jesus Christ, and does it so convincingly that billions of people believe it all as fact. While underneath it's a mockery of whoever would fall for that fiction. It's also a form emperor worship disguised for people that specifically don't want to worship the emperor. The Father = Vespasian Flavius The Son = Titus Flavius The Holy Spirit = Domitian Flavius (aka the wicked spirit) All the Josephs = Josephus Flavius For good or bad these men changed the world more than anybody else in human history. I think it's very important that everyone know who they were, and more importantly what they did.
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And that's your problem right there.
On Jesus the great majority of "experts" are Christians who never even consider Jesus could be a fictional character. Not surprising most of them disagree with evidence of Jesus' fictional origins.
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Who cares who invented a fantasy? Someone obviously did, and that's all that matters. Lois
It's probably the most sophisticated piece of literature ever created. On its surface it establishes Christianity with a story about Jesus Christ, and does it so convincingly that billions of people believe it all as fact. While underneath it's a mockery of whoever would fall for that fiction. It's also a form emperor worship disguised for people that specifically don't want to worship the emperor. The Father = Vespasian Flavius The Son = Titus Flavius The Holy Spirit = Domitian Flavius (aka the wicked spirit) All the Josephs = Josephus Flavius For good or bad these men changed the world more than anybody else in human history. I think it's very important that everyone know who they were, and more importantly what they did. "It's probably the most sophisticated piece of literature ever created." That's because you believe it, hook, line and sinker. In fact it isn't sophisticated at all. It was designed to reach the lowest common denominator, and it did. It's contradictory and exploits every emotion. There is nothing sophosticated about it. It's a fear-inducing fairytale with a superman, hellfire, a talking snake, miracles, bloody executions, angels, demons, a resurrection and a great soundtrack with crashing drums and cymbals, everything but Fred Astair. It puts Hollywood to shame.
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Who cares who invented a fantasy? Someone obviously did, and that's all that matters. Lois
It's probably the most sophisticated piece of literature ever created. On its surface it establishes Christianity with a story about Jesus Christ, and does it so convincingly that billions of people believe it all as fact. While underneath it's a mockery of whoever would fall for that fiction. It's also a form emperor worship disguised for people that specifically don't want to worship the emperor. The Father = Vespasian Flavius The Son = Titus Flavius The Holy Spirit = Domitian Flavius (aka the wicked spirit) All the Josephs = Josephus Flavius For good or bad these men changed the world more than anybody else in human history. I think it's very important that everyone know who they were, and more importantly what they did. "It's probably the most sophisticated piece of literature ever created." That's because you believe it, hook, line and sinker. In fact it isn't sophisticated at all. It was designed to reach the lowest common denominator, and it did. It's contradictory and exploits every emotion. There is nothing sophosticated about it. It's a fear-inducing fairytale with a superman, hellfire, a talking snake, miracles, bloody executions, angels, demons, a resurrection and a great soundtrack with crashing drums and cymbals, everything but Fred Astair. It puts Hollywood to shame. Carlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r-e2NDSTuE
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I’m mostly talking about the NT. The OT was written by a very different group with very different objectives.
You think it’s not sophisticated because you’re reading it like a Christian does. It’s not a story about a guy named Jesus Christ that comes back from the dead. It’s actually the story of many Jewish Messiahs that held the title of Jesus Christ (Savior Messiah.) The “resurrection” is just a comedy of errors between followers of different Jesus Christs, who confuse each other for angels at the empty tomb of the recently “risen” Lazarus, and convince each other their messiah has risen. At the end of the story the title of Jesus Christ is taken up by Titus.