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The Vatican has correspondence between Paul and Nero. Christ existed but maybe Paul was not telling the truth
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Steefen
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September 7, 2024 - 12:15 am

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Steefen
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September 8, 2024 - 12:28 am

8:22 Jesus does not exist.

A new theory has emerged that the Vatican is hiding the proof that Christ never existed.
The theory is based on reports that the archives contain communication between Emperor Nero and Saint Paul.
According to these reports, Nero was alarmed by the spread of Christianity and questioned Paul about its leader in response.
Paul allegedly told Nero that Christ was a real person who the Romans had executed.

However, some historians believe this story was fabricated to appease Nero.
If true, it would mean that the Vatican continues to hide the truth about Christ to maintain its power.
Regardless of whether or not this theory is true it’s clear that the debates surrounding Christ’s existence will continue for centuries to come.

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Nero questioned Paul who never saw the Jesus the biblical apostles saw.
Paul never wrote in the existing letters about The Lord’s Prayer, the Angelus (The Hail Mary prayer). the resurrection of Lazarus, the healing of the Roman centurion’s servant and so much more.

So Paul saw that Nero had an inclination to believe the Christ story, so he pushed Nero over the edge.
Josephus said the Pauline character was one to take advantage of the pious for money. Nero was willing to believe the ruse Paul and his friends were using for money and sex, keeping people interested in Judaism–the prestige that salvation comes not from the Romans, the Greeks, the Persians, or the Egyptians but from the Jews.

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Porphyry

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September 8, 2024 - 9:07 am

What a bizarre theory.

I wonder if it is based on the pseudepigraphal ** you do not have permission to see this link **.

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Stephen
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September 8, 2024 - 6:51 pm

I am fascinated by the conspiracy theory mindset. That historical reality is best explained by vested interests acting in concert. Any “likely story” is better than admitting how contingent reality actually is.

Consider the events leading up to the Civil War Battle of Antietam. A few days before the battle a Union soldier found a copy of Lee’s battle plan, wrapped around a pack of cigars which had been dropped in a field. If I’m remembering correctly only five copies of the manuscript existed.

The result was a Union triumph which by his own testimony motivated Lincoln to issue the long delayed Emancipation Proclamation. History was changed because some Confederate officer was clumsy with a pack of cigars.

Some conspiracy theories are quite entertaining. I still enjoy the thought of Queen Elizabeth actually being an alien lizard from the Pleiades.

It occurs to me that Organized Religion is simply the greatest of all conspiracy theories.

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Colin Milton

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September 9, 2024 - 4:47 pm

The Vatican (now called the Vatican City State) exists to prevent Islamic and Jewish world domination.

Jesus existed in the past tense through the memory and scriptures.
Jesus existed in the present tense through the Eucharist.
Jesus existed in the future tense to come again.

What is truth? That such a question exists is why there is conspiracy theories.

At the least, we can be sure that they had written many texts about it.

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Colin Milton

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December 1, 2024 - 9:53 am

Paul is Jesus (?) #got’em

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Colin Milton

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December 17, 2024 - 9:37 am

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