Historical researcher Michael Paulkovich has claimed
that Jesus of Nazareth was a ‘mythical character’
and never existed.
The controversial discovery was apparently made
after he found no verifiable mention of Christ
from 126 writers during the ‘time of Jesus’ from
the first to third centuries.
He says he is a fictional character invented by
followers of Christianity to create a figure to
worship.
The claims were made in an article for Free Inquiry
called The Fable of the Christ and a book called No
Meek Messiah.
In the article and book, Paulkovich says he found
an absence of evidence for Jesus in historical texts.
And he says this is surprising despite his ‘global
miracles and alleged worldwide fame.’
The 126 texts he studied were all written in the
period during or soon after the supposed existence
of Jesus, when Paulkovich says they would surely
have heard of someone as famous as Jesus - but
none mention him.
'When I consider those 126 writers, all of whom
should have heard of Jesus but did not - and Paul
and Marcion and Athenagoras and Matthew with a
tetralogy of opposing Christs, the silence from
Qumram and Nazareth and Bethlehem, conflicting
Bible stories, and so many other mysteries and
omissions - I must conclude that Christ is a
mythical character,’ he writes.
‘"Jesus of Nazareth" was nothing more than urban
(or desert) legend, likely an agglomeration of
several evangelic and deluded rabbis who might
have existed.’
Of the writings he examined, written from the
first to third centuries, he found only one book
that contained a mention of Jesus - The Jewish
Wars by the Roman historian Josephus Flavius
written in 95 CE, but he claims it is fabricated.
Paulkovich says the mentions of Jesus were added
later by editors, not by Josephus.
Even in the Bible Paulkovich says Paul, often
credited with spreading what would become
Christianity, never refers to Jesus as a real
person.
‘Paul is unaware of the virgin mother, and ignorant
of Jesus' nativity, parentage, life events, ministry,
miracles, apostles, betrayal, trial and harrowing
passion,’ he writes.
‘Paul knows neither where nor when Jesus lived, and
considers the crucifixion metaphorical.’
He also says that silence from Jesus himself is
telling, with no personal accounts being written.
‘Perhaps the most bewildering "silent one" is the
mythical super-savior himself, Jesus the Son of
God ostensibly sent on a suicide mission to save us
from the childish notion of "Adam's Transgression"
as we learn from Romans,’ he says.
‘The Jesus character is a phantom of a wisp of a
personage who never wrote anything. So, add one
more: 127.’
He continues: ‘Christian father Marcion of Pontus
in 144 CE denied any virgin birth or childhood for
Christ - Jesus' infant circumcision was thus a lie,
as well as the crucifixion!
‘Reading the works of second century Christian
father Athenagoras, one never encounters the
word Jesus (or Ἰησοῦς or Ἰησοῦν, as he would
have written) - Athenagoras was thus unacquainted
with the name of his savior it would seem.’
And he claims even the book of Mark in the Bible,
which contains the story of Christ’s resurrection,
was doctored later on.
‘The original booklet given the name "Mark" ended
at 16:8, later forgers adding the fanciful
resurrection tale,’ he says.
‘Millions should have heard of the Jesus
"crucifixion" with its astral enchantments: zombie
armies and meteorological marvels recorded not by
any historian, but only in the dubitable scriptures
scribbled decades later by superstitious yokels.’
Paulkovich’s views will surely prove very
controversial, as most scholars do not support the
theory that Jesus never existed.
Most agree that he was a Galilean Jew born
between 7 to 4 BC and who died in 30 to 36 AD.
It is also widely agreed that he was baptised by
John the Baptist and crucified on the order of the
Roman Prefect Pontius Pilate.

Sure, I'm going to believe this Michael paulkovich whom I've never heard before to the bible.

That means Muhammad never lived then..