Christ mythicism is fundamentally wrong due to how it treats the nature of myth as a social tool.
- Christ mythicism is not an it
This distinction between how myth and novel should be understood in their social context cleared away the smoke of the issues I have had with Christ mythicism for years
- wrt Christian origins, and, indeed, much literature in antiquity, 'distinction between how myth and novel' and 'distinction between how myth and novel should be understood in their social context' are false dichotomies.
- The genres of the time, as explicitly discussed by writers of the time, were fabulae, mythoi and historia. And they weren't distinct among writings, ie. they were often part of the same writings, eg. Jospehus's
If Christ did not exist historically then wherefore did Christianity begin?
- the same way it began if 'Christ' did exist historically ...
Jesus, however, does not satisfy the criteria for being mythical even taking away his historicity because of his proximity to the early Christians.
Statistics: Posted by MrMacSon — Sun Sep 15, 2024 6:49 pm
