The Time Problem With A Mythical Jesus

Where was Kilroy?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

You keep refering to the mythical Jesus claim as though there were something unique about the Jesus stories. I'm not sure that I understand what it is you are saying. Can you outline for us what you find unique or unusual about the Jesus stories?

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

But all of the elements of the Jesus Myth were already present and had been around for thousands of years. So it might not have been something new but simply taking existing myths and transfering them to some other context.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

So many of the things you talk about and in particular, the issue of the first few centuries of the christian era, predate anything we would recognize as the Bible. They were an oral history, and there was little in the way of a canon. There were many Gospels floating around, and those Gospels contained many extradordinary accounts. Most of the Gospels (probably about 50 all told) contained things that were later deemed unfit to be included. For example, there are the Young Jesus Gospels, the Book of Enoch, the Gospels of Thomas and Mary, the Stories of Adam and Eve. Parts of these later became incorporated into the existing Biblical books, for example the brief mention of Sons of God, but the connections to the longer versions have pretty much been forgotten.It was only several centuries after Christ's death that anything we would recognize today as Christianity was formalized. And such things have continued. Simply take some time and read the Lives of the Saints and you will see example after example of such acts. It is precisely because such things can be adopted and spread quickly that the Church is so methodical about the process of canonazation.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

Jason, no one is disputing that. What is in question though, is the Bible. There is little doubt that the Ryland fragment is part of the Gospel of John, it is not at all certain just what the Gospel of John was. One thing that is known, based on the existing copies of various books and gospels is that there were various versions of most being circulated. Even the finally accepted copies of the four gospels tell slightly different stories except where it is apparent that sections were coppied from an earlier work.So the story of Jesus, as told in the early Gospels is not uniform. In the Gospel of Thomas, for example, an entirely different version of Jesus is portrayed, one that is far closer to the Gnostic tradition than that of John.While you simply dismiss the suggestion to look at the Lives of the Saints, it would be productive. There you will see that in far less than 70 years, stories every bit as amazing as those told about Jesus rise up and take firm hold. They will show that a legend can even be created within the lifetime of the individual, far less than 70 years.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion

It's just like pyramidology and most of the other nonsense myths. There is nothing strange about the so called Bermuda Triangle. Neither Lloyd's of London or the US Coast Guard show any unusual rate of incidents there. To check I went to Lloyd's site and did a search on Bermuda Triangle. Guess what, no results returned. start your research hereWhat proof? So far no one has ever been able to bring any evidence forward.

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Aslan is not a Tame Lion