Mickey7@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoHave you ever read the book "The Passover Plot"? The book presents an interesting theory of how the crucifixion and resurrection could have been done in human terms, not divine intervention.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up115arrow-down1imageHave you ever read the book "The Passover Plot"? The book presents an interesting theory of how the crucifixion and resurrection could have been done in human terms, not divine intervention.lemmy.worldMickey7@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
I read this book many, many years ago. I found the proposed theory interesting. I am not saying that I believe it.
minus-squarej4k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoYeah, that’s what I’m saying. The evidence points at opportunism taking advantage of a traumatized group, which is a much more believable narrative than magic moon water walker
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoI think the more believable narrative is that it didn’t happen and was just part of a hagiography of a messiah claimant.
minus-squarej4k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHarsh word drop! hagiography - a biography that idolizes or idealizes the person (especially a person called a “saint”)
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoExactly. And it’s pretty difficult to argue that the New Testament gospels don’t fit that description.
Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. The evidence points at opportunism taking advantage of a traumatized group, which is a much more believable narrative than magic moon water walker
I think the more believable narrative is that it didn’t happen and was just part of a hagiography of a messiah claimant.
Harsh word drop!
Exactly. And it’s pretty difficult to argue that the New Testament gospels don’t fit that description.