VERY interesting video - origin of religions (Jesus Christ, crucifixion, virgin)

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by Darkness

I find the Jesus was a myth idea to be somewhat lacking. I can find no reasonable motive to completely fabricate the story. It makes more sense for the Gospels to be a sensationalized version of the truth.

Myth isn't about fabrication, it's about symbolism. To say "Jesus was a myth" indicates that the role he plays, as a character in a story, has a particular meaning.

[Random]

Originally Posted by Darkness

I find the Jesus was a myth idea to be somewhat lacking. I can find no reasonable motive to completely fabricate the story. It makes more sense for the Gospels to be a sensationalized version of the truth.

I agree, that's what it is, IMO. The Jesus story, although incorporating a version of the much older mytho-poetic theme, was based upon the life of an actual man who lived, here on Earth. Jesus as the fulfilment of a prophectic tradition gives this away, what they're saying-not-saying is that the man thru his life and deeds fulfilled the criteria for the God-man that the old mysteries had established were proof of divinity.