Ancient Confession Found: 'We Invented Jesus Christ'

[dalebert]

Was Jesus invented by the Roman government?

Atwill asserts that Christianity did not really begin as a religion, but a sophisticated government project, a kind of propaganda exercise used to pacify the subjects of the Roman Empire...
...They surmised that the way to stop the spread of zealous Jewish missionary activity was to create a competing belief system. That's when the 'peaceful' Messiah story was invented. Instead of inspiring warfare, this Messiah urged turn-the-other-cheek pacifism and encouraged Jews to 'give onto Caesar' and pay their taxes to Rome."

[Jim Johnson]

Links? ...to something with creditability.

[dalebert]

Doh! I thought I did. I will edit the original to include it. Also, here's a video from the page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omi6lN5b0Ic

[Jim Johnson]

After consultation with The Canario; this guy, Joseph Atwill, is not doing a scientific investigation, he's selling a fiction book.

[dalebert]

After consultation with The Canario; this guy, Joseph Atwill, is not doing a scientific investigation, he's selling a fiction book.

That's kinda the impression I got with the video. It seemed to be more emotional and marketing oriented than science. Enjoyed the anti-government rhetoric though.

[Russell Kanning]

If true .... It didn't work .... the Jews still rebelled violently and were crushed in 70AD