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According to historical records from the 1st. century C.E. the entire Jesus myth was the work of Flavius Josephus ( born Josephus Matityahu), a traitor to the Hebrew Rebellion of 66C.E. taken as a slave to the Flavian family, later given his freedom and adopted into the Flavian family where he wrote the Testimonium Flavii which depicts 3 Flavian Emperors as being the Father, the Son and the Great/Holy Spirit.
Josephus makes mention of an itinerant Hebrew "rabble-rouser, subversive, thief, arsonist, murderer and extortionist from the Galilee region born approx. in the year 5 or 6 B.C.E. and caught and executed at the demand and behest of the High Priest, Caiaphas and the 13 members of the Sanhedrin along with 2 of his ' lieutenants' by crucifixion outside of the town of Jerusalem. The remainder of the band of followers (approx. 10 in all) were sentenced to life in the Roman War-galleys where they would die eventually.
Flavius Josephus wrote the Testimonium Flavii to both 'curry' favour with his 'new' family and to immortalize them as Deities as was roman custom with 'conquering' heroes, etc, at the time.
The mention of the intinerant Hebrew 'Rabble Rouser" Yeyoshua bin Yusef (Jesus in English and Greek btw) IS the ONLY historical record of ANY so-called 'Messianic' type leader in the history of Judea at that time.

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I watched this. Its not accurate. It seems like an easy explanation but it is just not what Romans did. They would never have a 'god' character put to death, especially in the way of the lowest of the low. Romans were very good at propaganda. Following the first failed Roman invasion of UK in 55BC. Ceaser said of the Brits that they were unnaturally wild and fierce. That they were extremely tall and wore woad on their faces. These were inaccurate descriptions. Ceaser wanted domestic Romans to envisage the Brits as unnaturally fierce and unbeatable.
Romans were massively skilled in creating a belief system that they and their gods were superior. They would not have created a basically down at heels common young man who wasn't Roman, as their god

OK first off I am exceptionally tall, fierce, and always wear woad, but surely that's the point in your last bit, the Romans didn't See the Jews/early Christians as an equal being so giving them a figure that made them think that being meek and good little people would bring them salvation would be a perfect fit, just like the work all your life and get a nice pension at the end rubbish that was spoon fed through the last century and the work till you drop because we don't care and you are never going to get te power that we are now basically being told by modern western government if anyone understood power and control it was the Romans and to think that of all societies they would not use any means at their disposal to manipulate the populous paints them in a far better light than they deserve.

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