Jesus: Hebrew Human or Mythical Messiah? Part 2B

Part 2B of a who-knows-how-many-parts-part series where I simply share my knowledge about the Jesus Myth theory (primarily the version espoused by the likes of Earl Doherty). Part 2B examines 41 references to Jesus' "second coming" with an eye toward how the authors framed his "return".

I have written a paper on the subject of this vid (that none of the early Christian authors viewed Jesus' return as a return) that goes into much more detail and looks at all 27 New Testament books as well as non-canonical works. It's around 100 pages long and I'd be happy to email it to anyone interested in the topic.

Earl Doherty's writings can be found at http://jesuspuzzle.humanists.net/home.htm

Category:

Education

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• jesus
• myth
• atheism
• christianity
• historical
• doherty

[uewVumopVapIsVdn]

LMAO ... dirty mind*

[TruthSurge]

@uewVumopVapIsVdn don't tell me.... Jesus is COMING!

[arthurjeremypearson]

Beautifully written and well put together.

But, be honest, how many commenters were giggling during the first 26 comings of Christ?

[TruthSurge]

@arthurjeremypearson thanks. probably all the guys. HEHEHEHE

But this point (that Jesus was never thought to return by early Christians) is a HUGE point in favor of the JM theory. It's the kind of REVELATION that makes you want to shout it from a mountain so everyone knows it. I think most other theories of Christian origins fail because they are basing it on a real Jesus that lived during the 1st century.

[a0eoj]

@arthurjeremypearson No kidding, after all that COMING, the Bible sounds more like porn. Nice observation TruthSurge :)

[TruthSurge]

@xdassinx There are vague parallels and influences and then there are some that are beyond a reasonable doubt. In my next vid series, I will show just this regarding Homer and Greek mythology. It will blow some people's minds. :)

[xdassinx]

@TruthSurge Odysseus, that is interesting.There is a bit of a resemblance in some of the art work. I've heard the Mithra comparison before. I'm not sold on a copy and paste comparison. Though there does seem to be some plagiarism going on. I think the larger point is Zoroastrianism was yet another religion. As if because there was no tv after the flood, people had nothing better to do but make up new "good vs evil, better be good for goodness sake" religions for no reason. Sound hinky.

[TruthSurge]

@xdassinx hehe you are not far off! Jesus was, imo, modeled after Odysseus from the Odyssey. Odysseus was a superhero without so many super powers.  But he had the gods helping him so yeah, he could fly if they let him!

[xdassinx]

Hebrew Human or Mythical Messiah????

Little known fact: Jesus climbed walls and shot webs out of his wrist. So I'm going to have to go with Super Hero.

Seriously though, good video, nice work.

[MercuryRis]

@TruthSurge I think Im right about this, but theres no section in the Bible that clearly says he was nailed to a cross.