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He taught his hearers to return good for evil. Did he do this himself?
“I pray for them [his followers], I pray not for the world” (John xvii, 9).
“Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father” (Matthew x, 33).
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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.
He taught his hearers to return good for evil. Did he do this himself?
“I pray for them [his followers], I pray not for the world” (John xvii, 9).
“Whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father” (Matthew x, 33).