"DSK" wrote in message
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Vito wrote:
... Fact is nobody named Jesus Christ ever existed 2000 years ago

Of course not. His *name* was Jesus. If there was ever need for further
ID he would have been called ben Joseph (Josephson), carpenter, of
Nazareth.

"Christ" was a title derived from Greek (a language which Jesus did not
speak) and tagged on at least a generation later.

His name was Yeshuah (phonetially) but that doesn't decline in Latin so
Romans called him Jesus as you say. Most wrongly believe his full name was
Jesus Christ.


Jesus Christ is as well documented a historical figure as almost anybody
except perhaps Alexander III of Macedon ("the Great"). Many people who
knew him wrote about him... much of this material was incorporated into
the New Testament as gospel, others such as the writings & teachings of
his brother, were supressed as you say (although not with quite as
clear-cut a nefarious motive as you claim). Check out the Septateuch.

On the contrary. Much of what is written was penned by people who had never
seen the man relying on word of mouth stories. Hence much is less than
factual. For example most secular scholors suspect that Matthew describes
another man, Yeshuah ben Pendara who lived a generation earlier and was
crucified on a tree and stoned to death before the man we call Jesus was
born. I have a Pentateuch, where do I find a Septateuch?

Actually you'd probably get more out of http://tinyurl.com/5q97v

Nawww...

.... knowledge causes
one to doubt dogma, Christian and otherwise.


Knowledge, and observation of fact. The latter is actually more important.

"Who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?"
Agree.