Mickey7@lemmy.world to Atheism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-up122arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up116arrow-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 · 1 year 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-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-up3·1 year agoHarsh word drop! hagiography - a biography that idolizes or idealizes the person (especially a person called a “saint”)
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoExactly. And it’s pretty difficult to argue that the New Testament gospels don’t fit that description.
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.