What if Jesus was proved a fiction?

Alvar Ellegaard: Jesus the Myth, Man of the Indefinite Past: "Ellegård concludes that the story of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified by Pilate, was a fictional construction."

He would join Hamlet and Lear and Falstaff

He would not be the center of a religion

He would be a paradigm of an earthly morality

An ethic based on values at odds with those of our world

The odd thing is that billions will deny that Jesus is a fiction

But they would not at the same time suggest that he is anything but the center of a religion

The sum total of what we have inherited is a Jesus who articulated values that Christians largely ignore

These include place Abba first - non-idolatry

Respect for the other and for all - democracy

Loving your neighbor and your enemy - helpfulness

And not judging others - tolerance

Why the disjuncture

For one thing 2000 years is not that long a time

We are only a percent or two along the way

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