• Cethin@lemmy.zip
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    19 hours ago

    It’s largely a made up story told well after the fact by several people, all of which are contradictory. I don’t disagree with you, except that we don’t really know how he acted. He may have been real, but he could have been a total ass and his followers just left that out.

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      15 hours ago

      The sermon on the mount is largely believed to have been delivered by the historical Jesus which was pretty cool stuff to say and which the modern Evangelical movement almost entirely ignores except for vague references to judgement which they misinterpret as it suits them

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      19 hours ago

      Yea, but that’s also true of Muhammad and every other figure from history.

      The point is their freaking namesake deity’s prescription for behavior is infinitely more mature and respectable than them.