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Why do you think someone would make up Jesus in order to con people?
Really? You're kidding. Right?
Why do you think someone would make up Jesus in order to con people?
I was going to skip this because the thread clearly asks for Atheist opinions but I noticed that other agnostics chimed in.
I lean towards the improbability of the Biblical God (partly because of scientific evidence and partly because, emotionally, I just don't want to believe that something like that might exist, especially the Old Testament version).
I have studied a number of religions, non-theist Buddhism being a favorite and probably the closest to my tastes.
I cannot say with 100% certainty that there are no gods, be it the God of Abraham, Allah, Shiva, the theistic Buddha, etc. (thus agnostic).
So you believe Pope Francis made up Jesus?
Do you believe the Essenes may have done it for political reasons...to gain more control? See, I totally understand how and why someone could claim to do something manipulative under the cover of being a Christian for personal gain and I can easily see why religious people do bad things....we all sin. I just have a hard time believing someone made up the story of Jesus for personal or political gain because Jesus certainly wasn't pandering to the wealthy for money. He was admonishing the serious religious people of the day. He was helping and associating with the lowliest people in society. I don't understand why someone would come up with a story like that and have all of these apostles and all of these different books written....for what gain, especially at the time when the result was that Christians were often persecuted?