Buddha, Jesus, and Mohammad: Larger than Life Legends
Jan 1, 2022 10:05:09 GMT
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Post by The Lost One on Jan 1, 2022 10:05:09 GMT
There's definitely some truth to this - think of the feudal nature of Roman Catholicism compared to the more capitalist nature of mainstream Protestantism.
Some of his claims seem overstated though. Most scholars would argue Mark's Gospel was written only one generation after Jesus supposedly lived, not "generations" as stated in the interview. And Christianity didn't pop up all over the Mediterranean, it seems to have been initially largely confined to the Greek East plus Rome which makes sense if you consider that was the area of the Jewish diaspora.
Also he seems to have confused the Babylonians with the Persians but his point is probably true.
Some of his claims seem overstated though. Most scholars would argue Mark's Gospel was written only one generation after Jesus supposedly lived, not "generations" as stated in the interview. And Christianity didn't pop up all over the Mediterranean, it seems to have been initially largely confined to the Greek East plus Rome which makes sense if you consider that was the area of the Jewish diaspora.
Also he seems to have confused the Babylonians with the Persians but his point is probably true.
