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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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Jesus himself is said to have followed them on foot. Where did he overtake them?

Matthew and Mark: “In the midst of the sea” (Matt. xiv, 24–26; Mark vi, 47, 48).

John: As they were nearing the land (vi, 19–21).

According to John, he walked entirely across the sea; according to Matthew and Mark, but half way across.

Christ’s walking on the sea was probably suggested by Job (ix, 8), who says God “treadeth upon the waves of the sea,” or, according to the Septuagint, “walking upon the sea as upon a pavement.”