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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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After performing one of his miraculous cures, what charge did he make to those who witnessed it?

Mark: “He charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it” (vii, 36).

Did he desire them to disregard his commands? If he did he was a hypocrite; if he did not he was an impotent—in either case a fallible man instead of an omnipotent God.