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http://uk.prweb.com/releases/2013/10/prweb11201273.htm
London (PRWEB UK) 8 October 2013
American Biblical scholar Joseph Atwill will be appearing before the British public for the first time in London on the 19th of October to present a controversial new discovery: ancient confessions recently uncovered now prove, according to Atwill, that the New Testament was written by first-century Roman aristocrats and that they fabricated the entire story of Jesus Christ. His presentation will be part of a one-day symposium en led "Covert Messiah" at Conway Hall in Holborn (full details can be found at http://www.covertmessiah.com).
Although to many scholars his theory seems outlandish, and is sure to upset some believers, Atwill regards his evidence as conclusive and is confident its acceptance is only a matter of time. "I present my work with some ambivalence, as I do not want to directly cause Christians any harm," he acknowledges, "but this is important for our culture. Alert citizens need to know the truth about our past so we can understand how and why governments create false histories and false gods. They often do it to obtain a social order that is against the best interests of the common people."
Atwill asserts that Christianity did not really begin as a religion, but a sophisticated government project, a kind of propaganda exercise used to pacify the subjects of the Roman Empire. "Jewish sects in Palestine at the time, who were waiting for a prophesied warrior Messiah, were a constant source of violent insurrection during the first century," he explains. "When the Romans had exhausted conventional means of quashing rebellion, they switched to psychological warfare. They surmised that the way to stop the spread of zealous Jewish missionary activity was to create a competing belief system. That's when the 'peaceful' Messiah story was invented. Instead of inspiring warfare, this Messiah urged turn-the-other-cheek pacifism and encouraged Jews to 'give onto Caesar' and pay their taxes to Rome."
Was Jesus based on a real person from history? "The short answer is no," Atwill insists, "in fact he may be the only fictional character in literature whose entire life story can be traced to other sources. Once those sources are all laid bare, there's simply nothing left."
Atwill's most intriguing discovery came to him while he was studying "Wars of the Jews" by Josephus [the only surviving first-person historical account of first-century Judea] alongside the New Testament. "I started to notice a sequence of parallels between the two texts," he recounts. "Although it's been recognised by Christian scholars for centuries that the prophesies of Jesus appear to be fulfilled by what Josephus wrote about in the First Jewish-Roman war, I was seeing dozens more. What seems to have eluded many scholars is that the sequence of events and locations of Jesus ministry are more or less the same as the sequence of events and locations of the military campaign of [Emperor] us Flavius as described by Josephus. This is clear evidence of a deliberately constructed pattern. The biography of Jesus is actually constructed, tip to stern, on prior stories, but especially on the biography of a Roman Caesar."
How could this go unnoticed in the most scrutinised books of all time? "Many of the parallels are conceptual or poetic, so they aren't all immediately obvious. After all, the authors did not want the average believer to see what they were doing, but they did want the alert reader to see it. An educated Roman in the ruling class would probably have recognised the literary game being played." Atwill maintains he can demonstrate that "the Roman Caesars left us a kind of puzzle literature that was meant to be solved by future generations, and the solution to that puzzle is 'We invented Jesus Christ, and we're proud of it.'"
Is this the beginning of the end of Christianity? "Probably not," grants Atwill, "but what my work has done is give permission to many of those ready to leave the religion to make a clean break. We've got the evidence now to show exactly where the story of Jesus came from. Although Christianity can be a comfort to some, it can also be very damaging and repressive, an insidious form of mind control that has led to blind acceptance of serfdom, poverty, and war throughout history. To this day, especially in the United States, it is used to create support for war in the Middle East."
Atwill encourages skeptics to challenge him at Conway Hall, where after the presentations there is likely to be a lively Q&A session. Joining Mr.Atwill will be fellow scholar Kenneth Humphreys, author of the book "Jesus Never Existed."
Further information can be found at http://www.covertmessiah.com.
About Joseph Atwill: Joseph Atwill is the author of the best-selling book "Caesar's Messiah" and its upcoming sequel "The Single Strand."
I predict a 20 page thread..
You're an idiot, almost all historical scholars agree that Jesus Christ was an actual living person.
This is so ing stupid.
I like how people will believe one person's writings but dismiss others
Although Christianity can be a comfort to some, it can also be very damaging and repressive, an insidious form of mind control that has led to blind acceptance of serfdom, poverty, and war throughout history
Do some research dumbass, this guy has been pushing his bull bible conspiracy theories for years now. Wouldn't be surprised if he manufactured the so called "do ents" much like Bigfoot researchers produce ty "Bigfoot" videos.
Jeebo s
Calm down ese, it's just a thread.
Seriously though to each their own w/ religion. Christianity (and I assume most others) are built around the believers, so if he doesn't believe it's just more room in Heaven for you.
What's wrong with believing in something whether it's Jesus or Bigfoot? The more people that try and live their lives based on morals, whether it be Karma or Religion is better for the state of the world anyway.
it should be an interesting discussion
too legit to quit
Interesting theory.
But it honestly doesn't change anything even if it proved to be true.
One only needs to return to the Kabala for deeper insight.
And you can go deeper and farther back than that if you desire.
Truth remains the truth, it is what it is.
Last edited by xmas1997; 10-09-2013 at 11:17 AM.
Jesus is our lord and savior! You assholes don't get it!
Hey, child, I just posted an article. No need to act like such a ing got
robdiaz having a meltdown because someone's questioning his precious fairy tale
You know he didn't write that article don't you? For the amount of times you've been called an idiot on this forum, it's funny how quick you are to call someone else one
Also most scholars believed that the earth was the center of the universe awhile back. Just because a lot of people believe something doesn't make it true you dumb
"Kabala for deeper insight."
into what?
thousands of years ago people (most couldn't read of write) knew the truth!!
repression.
Humans believing in ancient deities
how come he didnt resurrect for the 2nd time?
actually does the bible tell you how old he live upto after the 1st resurrection?
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