Tag: historical-jesus
7 articles
After examining twenty-five articles' worth of claims—solar deity parallels, pagan plagiarism, astrological ages, and political manipulation—what have we learned? And more importantly, what do we do now?
Zeitgeist claims no historian documented Jesus and that Josephus was forged. But what do scholars—including skeptics—actually conclude about the evidence for the historical Jesus?
Zeitgeist concludes that Jesus never existed, that Constantine manufactured Christianity at Nicea, and that religion is fundamentally a tool for political manipulation. What does the evidence actually show?
After examining five core claims that Jesus was a solar deity—Sun/Son wordplay, zodiac disciples, Virgo/Bethlehem, Orion's Belt, and winter solstice resurrection—what does the evidence actually show?
Examining the claim that the twelve disciples symbolize zodiac signs rather than the twelve tribes of Israel—and why the evidence points firmly toward Jewish restoration theology.
Examining the claim that 'Son of God' derives from 'Sun of God'—a wordplay that only works in modern English and collapses under linguistic scrutiny.
Introducing a series that examines the historical and theological claims made in the 2007 documentary Zeitgeist about the origins of Christianity.