From: buzzard554@fastmail.co.uk   
      
   On 1/14/2019 9:08 PM, Oh so rich & successful JTEM wrote:   
   >   Martin Edwards wrote:   
   >   
   >>> I think I'm on record as coming down on the side of   
   >>> the "Christianity was entirely invented" hypothesis.   
   >>> If not, I certainly am now. For this reason alone I   
   >>> would have to express, um, "Doubts" on any physical   
   >>> remains of Jesus.   
   >   
   >> One possibility, the opposite of what many people think, is that Jesus   
   >> Christ was a deity who someone at some point decided had been a real   
   >> person.  More here:   
   >>   
   >> jesusneverexisted.com   
   >   
   >   
   > Without a doubt, if Jesus was invented out of whole cloth   
   > then the authors certainly borrowed heavily from existing   
   > beliefs. It's hard to pinpoint which gods where, exactly,   
   > but I like the Egyptian origins. Probably the Hellenistic   
   > Alexandria... maybe with Nectanebo II? His empty tomb? Well,   
   > sarcophagus?   
   >   
   > Maybe Nectanebo II is the "Actual person" who had all the   
   > traits of previous Pagan gods grafted onto him...   
   >   
      
   Possibly.  He was the last proper Egyptian pharaoh.  By the way, someone   
   supposedly dead reappearing is a common trope in literature of the   
   period.  It actually resurfaces in Shakespeare: Pericles, Prince of   
   Tyre.  See Price: Deconstructing Jesus.   
      
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