Thomas Daniel Nehrer, The Illusion Of "Truth": The Real Jesus Behind The Grand Myth Quotes
New Testament gospels are traditionally accorded a cultural sanctity and lofty regard completely out of line with their literary worth.
Most people, solidly frozen into long-held, common notions, are unable to grasp clearer views.
It is vital to see not only what Christianity asserts, but where its precepts came from – how they evolved from primitive, superstitious metaphysical claims into “Gospel Truth”.
The only difference between holding one god as exclusive or supreme and believing in many gods specialized in function is the number.
In terms of idols which represented various gods: worshipping an idol or star cluster is no different than worshipping a concept.
You encounter, at its core, a subjective Reality, one based on meaning and value reflective of your own Self, not an objective universe, cold, particle-based and indifferent as science projects.
Various visionaries through time came to see with some degree of clarity that Oneness, that intrinsic connection between Self and experienced Reality.
Josephus is the first historian to make note of Jesus having even existed – and that happened six full decades after his death.
That means 19 or 20 of the books of the NT (New Testament) are anonymous. Many are blatantly pseudepigraphic (forgeries, see next section), with famous names applied to artificially promote veracity.
The gospels, never meant to report, butrather to convince, are in no sense objective and dispassionate biographies. They are glowing accounts meant to persuade people of the writers’ convictions.
