can you comment on the novel ” the jesus mysteries” or the jesus myth hypothesis in general?
Answer Brett, Thank you for your question. I am not familiar with Freke’s Book in particular, but the “Jesus Myth Hypothesis” I do have some experience with. The simple logical and historical record bears out that what happened 2000 years ago in the midst of the Roman Empire was not simply a myth. Hoax maybe, but not a myth. Anthony Flew, one of the greatest champions of Atheism in the last century (though recently turned Deist) said that the resurrection of Christ is the best-attested fact that we have (though he denies it on the basis of the impossibility of miracles, he concedes that were miracles possible, he’d believe in Christ). He thinks that they were all either tricked or hallucinated about the resurrection of Christ. Nobody suffers painful martyrdom for a known hoax, and martyrdom was the life-blood of the Church. But of course, it’s very hard to say that “miracles cannot happen” as an empiricist, except by denying that the word “miracle” means anything, as Flew Does. There a
can you comment on the novel ” the jesus mysteries” or the jesus myth hypothesis in general?