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Self-Professed ‘Bible Scholar’ Makes Explosive Allegation About Jesus... (Yeah Right)
The Blaze via Yahoo ^ | October 10, 2013 | Billy Hallowell

Posted on 10/11/2013 9:53:50 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy

On Oct. 19, self-professed Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill is planning to make public some very flammable allegations. At a day-long symposium called "Covert Messiah" in London, England, he's set to unveil purported evidence that Roman aristocrats manufactured Jesus Christ - a claim that, if substantiated, would devalue the core of the Christian faith.

The only problem? Most Biblical experts disagree with the scholar's pronouncements.

A press release announcing the purported new evidence claims that Atwill has discovered "ancient confessions" that purportedly prove that Romans invented Jesus Christ in the first century. He has long argued that the faith system was used as a political tool to control the masses -- something he says is still going on today.

"I present my work with some ambivalence, as I do not want to directly cause Christians any harm, but this is important for our culture," he said of the alleged debunk - one that he believes will eventually be universally accepted.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: History; Religion & Culture; Skeptics/Seekers
KEYWORDS: academicbias; antichristian; atheistsupremacist; deceiver; jesus; religion; revisionisthistory; waronreligion
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No mention of the fact there is more historic secular evidence of Jesus than of Julius Ceasar. This is the same gammet that the devil has been at since the Pharisees tried to convince people Jesus wasn't real.

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, Romas 1:22

1 posted on 10/11/2013 9:53:50 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy
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End of thread: http://tomverenna.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/no-joe-​atwill-rome-did-not-invent-jesus/ ;-)
2 posted on 10/11/2013 9:57:57 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: Idaho_Cowboy

Bammy’s a Constitutional Scholar.....


3 posted on 10/11/2013 9:58:08 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Idaho_Cowboy

I’m a self-professed automotive expert, and I make the explosive allegation that Henry Ford actually stole his designs from the Model T from cave drawings found along the banks of the Euphrates.


4 posted on 10/11/2013 9:58:24 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Idaho_Cowboy
http://tomverenna.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/no-joe-​atwill-rome-did-not-invent-jesus/
5 posted on 10/11/2013 9:58:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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very flammable allegations.

Christians don’t become inflamed when a crackpot spouts heresy. We pray for him.

This is what makes us different.


6 posted on 10/11/2013 9:59:34 AM PDT by DManA (t)
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A press release announcing the purported new evidence

Of course. Only the most serious scholars go to the press before having their work peer reviewed.

7 posted on 10/11/2013 10:03:14 AM PDT by trad_anglican
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"...a claim that, if substantiated, would devalue the core of the Christian faith."

"IF"
Reminds me of something Satan once said to Jesus: "IF you really are the Son of God...."

8 posted on 10/11/2013 10:04:43 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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why does anybody pay attention to fools like this?


9 posted on 10/11/2013 10:05:27 AM PDT by pgkdan
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“self-professed Biblical scholar “

I’m a over 50 year old guy who never played football. I think I’ll become a self-professed NFL starting quarterback.


10 posted on 10/11/2013 10:05:45 AM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Sign at WWII Memorial: NORMANDY WAS CLOSED WHEN WE GOT THERE, TOO.)
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Roman aristocrats manufactured Jesus Christ

LOL! Wow, it is amazing the stupid things people will say to get attention. He is going to be in for a shocker when he faces Jesus after his death.

11 posted on 10/11/2013 10:05:47 AM PDT by HerrBlucher (Praise to the Lord the Almighty the King of Creation)
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I wonder if he includes the part where the leaders of the civilized world got together and said, “Hey, here’s an idea. Let’s recalibrate the calendar based on something that never happened! Show of hands!”


12 posted on 10/11/2013 10:06:18 AM PDT by william clark (Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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and somehow the romans persuaded the jews in power - the pharisees, the saducees, etc to go along with this. given how much the jews hated the romans i am sure they were more than happy to help the romans ‘manufacture’ Jesus Christ. oh yeah they got josephus to go along with their secret scheme too down the road.

now explain how the romans manufactured the 12 apostles and the fact if this is all for lies, why they all died for lies and exactly what was in it for them?!? nobody dies for lies they know are lies. people die for truth, not for lies.

15 minutes ticking away.


13 posted on 10/11/2013 10:06:25 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Though it should seem important to remember that Jesus was a Pharisee. They were the sect ordaining rabbis through the laying on of hands, and Jesus was referred to as rabbi throughout his career. Moreover modern Judaism also extends from the Pharisaic movement.


14 posted on 10/11/2013 10:06:43 AM PDT by onedoug
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LOL! Wow, it is amazing the stupid things people will say to get attention. He is going to be in for a shocker when he faces Jesus after his death.

Roger that. There is a way that seems right to a man..............

15 posted on 10/11/2013 10:09:20 AM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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My, just imagine the shock and heat this guy is going to experience when he learns there really is a hell.


16 posted on 10/11/2013 10:09:51 AM PDT by miele man
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Hang on.

Why would anyone set themselves up as the crucifiers of the Son of God?


17 posted on 10/11/2013 10:11:01 AM PDT by GeronL
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This is beyond ridiculous but of course the leftists will celebrate this with full media coverage and force this down the throats of every student, kind of like that global warming b.s.


18 posted on 10/11/2013 10:14:00 AM PDT by dragonblustar
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Meh - nothing that hasn’t been said (and debunked) before.


19 posted on 10/11/2013 10:20:38 AM PDT by opus86
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His thesis is that the Christ is a fraud, my antithesis is that he is a crackpot. The synthesis is that the media is actively antagonistic towards Christianity and Western Civilization values so he gets his publicity. End Results? He and his theory return rapidly to the obscurity from whence they came from.


20 posted on 10/11/2013 10:24:25 AM PDT by SES1066 (To expect courteous government is insanity!)
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