Reply #3: The Jesus myth was most likely cobbled together from [View All]

[Warpy]

all sorts of heroic myths and some actual life stories from the eastern Mediterranean 2000 years ago. It's really too bad that people focus so much on the myth and so little on the teachings, also cobbled together from the same source, holding positive lessons in common with other religious traditions.

The man who popularized what should have been just another short lived Jewish sect is also responsible for having people think they can groove on the myth and dispense with the teachings: Paul. He's the character who said belief without good works was sufficient.

I think the historical character(s) would have a very different opinion, happy to be forgotten had the teaching lived on and been put into practice.