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The Christ: A Critical Review and Analysis of the Evidences of His Existence

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A skeptical, systematic critique argues that the Christ of the New Testament is a constructed myth rather than a reliably attested historical person. It assesses the silence of contemporary writers, the anonymous and late character of the gospels, and the contradictions within infancy narratives, ministry accounts, crucifixion, and resurrection reports. The author evaluates the moral portrait and teachings attributed to the figure and traces parallels with older pagan religions and divinities as possible sources of the myth. The conclusion asserts that supernatural claims lack sufficient historical support and that veneration rests on literary and theological fabrication rather than firm documentary evidence.

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For what purpose did he go to the mountain?

Matthew and Mark: “And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain, apart to pray” (Matt. xiv, 23; Mark vi, 46).

John: “When Jesus therefore perceived that they [the multitude] would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain alone” (vi, 15).

Matthew and Mark say nothing about the attempt to make him king; John says nothing about his praying.