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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.
What admissions are made by Paul regarding his want of candor and honesty?
“Being crafty, I caught you with guile” (2 Corinthians xii, 16).
“Unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews” (1 Corinthians ix, 20).
“I am made all things to all men” (22).
“For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory, why yet am I also judged as a sinner?” (Romans iii, 7.)
“I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service” (2 Corinthians xi, 8).