Re: belief?
biochemrex wrote:Tom Harpur has published a book, "Pagan Christs" in which he makes a convincing case that the Gospels are entirely cobbled together out of very ancient mystical writings going back to ancient Egypt etc and there was no historical Jesus. However he claims that these writings contain a much higher truth even though Jesus did noy exist.
Clearly orthodox interpretation of this material is simplistic, but does it have more authenticity because it is much more ancient than supposed?
Tom Harpur has his own forum. Keith
There's an article by
James Patrick Holding called
A Critical Look at Tom Harpur's "The Pagan Christ" that refutes Harpur. Those interested should check it out. For him to deny the historicity of Christ is ludicrous. Also, Christ goes back to Genesis 3:15, not to Ancient Egypt.