Jesus claimed to be God.
***Yes, Jesus did claim that. And the science behind the historicity of this event is often attacked by the same people who claim to uphold science on crevo threads. This is a new form of a religion, based upon scientism.
Here’s a thread I opened a while ago in support of the science behind the historicity of Jesus:
The Historicity of Jesus Christ [Open Thread under Religion Moderator’s Guidelines]
History | August 3, 2008 | Kevmo
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2056400/posts
Intersting link I found on the usefulness and defenders of theories, whatever their nature: here