Fictional Jesus as propaganda

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. It's been around many years without convincing many - on edit: he posted here once

Published in 2005. Here's a less than impressed review by Robert Price, a scholar who doesn't think Jesus existed, but doesn't think that means the Roman emperors made him up: http://www.robertmprice.mindvendor.com/rev_atwill.htm

The talk in London happened in 2013: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/story-of-jesus-christ-was-fabricated-to-pacify-the-poor-claims-controversial-biblical-scholar-8870879.html

On edit: I thought I vaguely remembered this idea, so I searched, and it turns out he posted here in 1 thread in 2012 about his theory: https://www.democraticunderground.com/121826856

(plus a couple of easy-come, easy go new members who just loved his work ...)