Jesus, again

But did Jesus exist? In Christian countries we need Him even if we don't believe in Him. We need to feel that this nice, kind, smiling, forgiving soul was around. This person who turned the other cheek and who loved his neighbour as himself. We like to think that with our dying breath we will acknowledge Him in his infinite forgiveness. Whatever we have done, he will understand. And we will fade away smiling, looking forward to meeting his outstretched arms on the other side.

But what if he never existed? I mean what if he never existed as an historical fact. What if there never was a Jesus of Nazereth?

Unfortunately, this might be the case. Looking for the meaning of Easter I have come across some extra-ordinary information and suddenly the world is different. My conclusion can only be this...

Either Jesus never existed, or he was a lesser figure than we imagine, and he was built up into a symbolic icon by the early Christians. Some thinking Christians are happy with this, they see Jesus as a symbol, just as Adam and Eve are symbols. They do not really need to believe that there ever was a Jesus person who ate, slept and went to the toilet.

When I get time I will briefly post more on this. But I don't want this blog to get sidetracked into a religious one.

One thing is true though. Just think of the implications of Jesus never having existed. What does that mean for Islam, for Christianity?