An American Bible scholar says he has discovered that the entire story of Jesus was made up by Roman aristocrats. According to Joseph Atwill, Christianity did not start as a religion, but was instead created as a sophisticated propaganda tool to pacify subjects of the Roman Empire. Atwill's claim is reported in Britain's Daily Mail newspaper.
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| ATWILL… claims Christianity was instead created as a sophisticated propaganda tool to pacify subjects of the Roman Empire |
"He says he noticed a pattern forming when he was studying the only surviving account of first-century Judea, which he claims contains dozens of parallels between the life of a Roman emperor and that of Jesus in the New Testament," The Daily Mail report said. The American scholar argues that these ancient "confessions" provide "clear evidence'" that the biography of Jesus is "actually constructed, tip to stern, on prior stories, but especially on the biography of a Roman Caesar".
The Mail reported a news release published on PRWeb as saying that Atwill will be giving a presentation on his findings, entitled 'Covert Messiah' at Conway Hall in Holborn, London, on October 19, where he is encouraging sceptics to challenge his theory. read more.....
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