Why Yeshuah is a myth.
Ok... so... heres the thing. Got into this online conversation about the Jesus myth. Now this theme gets very caught up on the historicity of Jesus. Which whilst relevent to a degree, is by no means the whole story, and not really that important. Not by a long chalk. That there might have been an individual at the origin of the narrative, does not change its mythic status one jot. We can say the same for Arthur Pendragon, Merlin, Robin Hood, some aspects of the stories originated very much with real people and real stories. They are still myths. The problem with the Jesus myth, is... its clouded by generations of scholars trying to prove its 100% incontrovertibly true. Scolarship has only recently begun to examine it from a unbiased point of view. Historians for more than 1000 years assumed it was 100% true. By edict on high, the incontrovertible word of 'god'. And here's the inquisition etc should you step out of line. We cannot understand the myth, unless we