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In most depictions of Jesus he is wearing spiked crown. If this is true what was the point if he was getting nailed to a cross anyway? Or was it just vindictavness ? (lemmy.world)

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[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Jesus is still a work of fiction.

Absolutely, unequivocally incorrect. There is corroborating evidence in Josephus. Jesus was one of many troublemaking itinerant messianic claimants at the time. This doesn’t mean anything supernatural, but no mainstream historian doubts the existence of a historical Jesus.

Disbelieving in the religion does not mean that you get to throw the entire thing out. Muhammad similarly was a real figure - this does not mean we have to be Muslims. Disbelieving in mainstream academic consensus solely because of your ideology does not make you any different from a creationist.

[–] n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago

Your first 3 words says it all. They're both works of fiction.

You can believe what you want but, but The Life of Brian is less of a work of fiction than all forms of religious texts.