The Christian Story
This is a vexing question for most people who have an interest. The problem is, there is no solid evidence of such a person. The bible has no direct writings of the Christ, no books, nothing we can point to and say ‘He said that’ – all we have is 2nd hand reports of things he may have said. In fact, all we really have is 3rd or 4th hand hearsay.
You see, the problem is, until recently when some ancient texts were found, the only evidence of the New Testament was to be found in texts that were copies of texts written well after the time of the Christ. Even in our corrupt system, it is difficult to get people to accept hearsay evidence, yet for some reason the established churches demand we accept not only hearsay as being true, but that it is the unchanged and unchallengeable word of God.
Adding to this is issue that the recent texts, from both the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi suggest that our books as found in the bible are, to say the least, a limited selection of those available back when the bible was put together. And unfortunately for the established churches, these sources are far more authoritative than the bible – they have been in situ for almost all the two thousand years, they have not been translated and preferentially chosen to further control of an empire, and at least some of them appear to have been written by direct participants of the time.
Sadly, the modern version of Christianity is as little able to adjust to new information as were the times when any slight differences brought Inquisition, torture and death.
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