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Regarding: Christ a Fiction (1997) Robert M. Price
I am continually amused at how trendy it has become to be one
who bashes Christianity. Granted, most of the better (and recent)
Christian bashing, has specifically been written to appear as if it is
a clearing of the writer's conscience. Or, in the case of David Icke,
it is done to free mankind from the "prison religions" which have
been created by the reptillian forces behind the N.W.O.
After reading the piece (excerpt?) from Robert Price's testimony of
self liberty, it appears that a large portion of his seminary training
has remained ingrained in his ability to convey a message.
Case In Point:
When seeking to distance himself from what he *now* believes to
be the ignorant bliss of Christianity as a whole, his only method
of forging his own path, is to attack the faith of those-- to whose
ranks he once belonged. This, is but the reverse method which
is employed by a majority of *professing* Christians-- to attack
the elements of the world to which they once belonged.
We are forced to conclude (and sincerely hope) that this piece
is BUT an excerpt; for if we have read what Robert Price has to
say in his entirety, it appears that he has completely failed to
enlighten the reader to what he himself believes-- choosing
rather to establish who he is, by telling us whom he is not.
It is purposeful that this post does not address each
individual incorrect statement made by Price regarding
what he *now* believes to be the truth regarding the
Gospels.
It is nakedly obvious that Price has chosen to
believe in what he has *decided* are the facts.
And yet, it is this VERY SAME action which he
despises within the ranks of Christianity as a whole...
Christian's have faith in what we have decided are the facts.
Robert Price has faith in what he has decided are the facts.
While the eternal ramifications of the above decisions
remain to be seen, it is currently apparent that the
temporal decisions look terribly, terribly alike.
Where Price is wrong, is that he joins David Icke in espousing that
the historical Jesus is a myth. This is done, at the cost of purposely
overlooking the historicity of the man known as Jesus of Nazareth--
which degrades the value of the rest of his attempted argument.
That Jesus is a man of history, is not a question. There remains,
today, in the British Museum a letter written from Pontius Pilate
to Caesar, in which, Pontius tells of his amazing face to face
confrontation with Jesus of Nazareth....AFTER the crucifixion.
Again, if Jesus is a myth, we might wonder why historians such
as Cornelius Tacitus would have staked his reputation (as a valid
historian) when recording the events of Christ's crucifixion in his
own works (Tacitus-Annuls XV.44).
No one ever doubts the history recorded by Josephus, except
of course when Flavius mentions the man named Jesus whom
was crucified after claiming to be the Messiah (Flavius Josephus-
Antiquities of the Jews XVIII.3.3; XX.9.1).
The same might be said of other historians such as Suetonius,
Plinius Secundus, Phlegon or even Thallus. For crying out loud,
even the Talmud makes mention of Jesus on several occasions.
For that matter, so does the Koran.
Of course, all of these secular historians and religious scribes
(of sorts) varied GREATLY on who the historical Jesus actually
was....but NONE of them deny that Jesus of Nazareth existed.
By making blanket statements regarding the history of Jesus
of Nazareth, Price winds up looking an awful lot like David Icke--
for if Jesus is NOT a man of history, then the Jews who wrote
of Jesus in the Talmud AND Mohammed who wrote of Jesus
in the Koran AND Flavius who recorded Jesus in the History
of the Jews--- all must be part of the "prison religion" scam
being laid upon mankind by the Metamorphin' Lizard people.
To say that there is "no Jesus" because history has lost him,
is to say that in less than two millennia from now, George
Washington will cease to exist for the same reason.
LOL....by using Price's theology...in two thousand
years, HE will have never existed ALSO...LOL.
The history of Jesus of Nazareth is not truly what is being
discussed by Price....His writing appears to be more of a
wanting toward self-justification, after expelling himself
from Christianity.
If Chrisianity has become known to be represented
by the symbol of the Cross, then agnostics should
also have a symbol to represent them....
I vote that it should be a question mark.
:::metamorphs back into state of lizard:::
Tsadowq
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