The Truth Shall Set You Free
There are 2.1 billion Christians on the planet – roughly one third of the entire human population. At the heart of their religion is the New Testament and the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. To Christianity, the written word is the glue that binds the faith of its followers.
So, what if it could be proven that Jesus never existed? What if there was evidence that every word of the New Testament – the cornerstone of Christianity – is based on myth and metaphor?
Tom HarpurBased on Tom Harpur’s national bestseller, The Pagan Christ examines these very questions. During his research, Harpur discovered that the New Testament is wholly based on Egyptian mythology, that Jesus Christ never lived, and that – indeed – the text was always meant to be read allegorically. It was the founders of the Church who duped the world into taking a literal approach to the scriptures. And, according to Harpur, this was their fatal error – and the very reason Christianity is struggling today.
The mission of The Pagan Christ is not to accelerate Christianity’s slow demise, but to breath new life into its holy book and, in the process, bring the world a richer, more spiritual faith.
- I was born and raised a Christian and then I found out the truth and I now firmly believe that Christianity is a lie so Im downloading this now. Another good movie is zeitgeistmovie.com
Unfortunately there does seem to be some historical evidence that a Jesus like character (maybe more than one) did exist around the period in question. It’s the god question that is the crux of the problem: Christians say he was a god and the rest of humanity about 4 billion or so say he wasn’t, so if belief was democratic JC would be human.
Now I actually find a human JC kind of interesting, imagine the kind of person who would stand up to the Roman empire and die for his beliefs; think an ancient Mahatma Gandi. That sounds totally awsome until you realise that, according to the Bible, one of JC’s beliefs was that he was actually a god, which in the eyes of many reduces him to a raving looney.
