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@starbreaker while i agree that the skydaddy the institutional church promotes is def a rapist, as a christian, i disagree with your reading of luke’s gospel and the possibility of mary consenting. the conception myth was 1. to make the story appealing to people in a greco-roman context and 2. to differentiate the conception of Jesus from the conception of the Divine Emperors.
also, the idea of jesus being a sacrifice to satisfy the wrath of god is not and has not been universal
@catzaddy @starbreaker if the conception was a myth, what, exactly, is your christianity based on? Have you discovered other parts of christianity that aren't myth-based?
@donblanco @catzaddy Let's just say that if I *were* a Christian, I would favor the Thomas Jefferson's The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth over other translations/editions.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/jeffersonbible/
The letters of Paul, the entire Old Testament, and all of the supernatural stuff are irrelevant and detract from Jesus' teachings, IMO.
@donblanco @catzaddy True, and we know that Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John didn't write their own gospels.
Then again, there might not have been a Homer, either, yet we still attribute the Iliad and the Odyssey to a single figure.
@starbreaker @catzaddy still presumes that he actually existed as a historical person, though...