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i have heard so many strong arguments for both sides. i am sure many of you have seen the film "zeitgeist". the beginning of it lays out a decent argument that jesus was only a personification of cycles of the sun. and then i read this:

over 40 authors and libraries worth of writings that have survived the times of jesus life and shortly after, and he is not mentioned once. even by st. paul. imagine that, in all of st. paul's letters, he never quotes jesus or talks about a story of jesus. not once. paul was supposed to have been there! if you witnessed the son of god do miracles and were the first to spread his church you would be quoting him left and right and speaking of his incredible deeds. i don't think a single person here would dispute with me how corrupted the religious institutions became in the history of this planet. so why wouldn't they twist and exploit such a powerful message? why wouldn't some evil genius create a story like this up in order to control the people? evil can be extremely creative when it comes to finding a means to their end.

but then i have read several books in which a person, through hpynotic regression, has remembered a lifetime with jesus. this trance state, as we all know from edgar cayce and the "law or one" books, can be extremely accurate. bypassing the limitations of our 3d consciousness, and accessing the collective/super (or whatever you want to call it) consciousness.

which brings me to another, larger question. could both exist at the same time? could he both have been a myth and a real man at the same time? i mean, what exists in mind exists in reality, right?

could there be infinite parallel "pasts" just like there is infinite possible futures?

i guess we all must trust our gut on this one and my gut tells me that he was a man and his story has been distorted and exploited. but i would love to here what all of your guts are telling you.

salute!
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