GreenTeaRedFlag comments on If You Were Jesus of Nazareth Back in the Day, How Would You Have Played Things Different?

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[–] GreenTeaRedFlag@hexbear.net 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

There were no churches when Christ was around, do you mean the temple in Jerusalem? Anyway the difference between Jesus and Garfield is that Garfield is borrowing from cultural concepts of a cat in a comedic context, more likely than not fake. Jesus is part of the miracle worker, messiah, and religious reformer/restorer movements at that time. Although he could be an amalgam, it makes more sense for him to be at heart at least one guy that inspired all that followed.

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[–] DickFuckarelli@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

In my head, temples and churches are interchangeable. So yes, probably the temple.

But to your overall point, I suppose it's possible to be a single person. But if I were trying to start a religion (which I tend to think is all bullshit anyway) I think the invention of a person like Jesus along with his story, and then punching up a script to send out to the masses - all of it is just too perfect and fantastical. Which I guess those of us who aren't believers would all nominally agree to. I dunno. I'm rambling about something I honestly almost never think about.

But yeah. I suppose there could have been one dude they retrofitted the narrative to.

Thanks for responding!

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