"Signor Cascioli maintains that early Christian writers confused Jesus with John of Gamala, an anti-Roman Jewish insurgent in 1st-century Palestine. Church authorities were therefore guilty of “substitution of persons”."
Palestine, insurgent? huh?
A week or two ago a FR member posted an article claiming Jesus Christ was not an historical figure. He claimed "the Church" added statements to Josephus' book "Antiquites" after he died --(Josephus was a 1st century secular historian who made mention of Jesus Christ). The moderator removed the article before I could pose this question to the author, (this question also pertains to the quote you noted above):
"If the 'the Church' helped to foster in any way the 'myth' that Jesus Christ was an actual historical figure, how pray tell, did the Christian Church come into being if Christ never lived?
As is plain to see, these people have to look skyward to see the ankles of morons.