Jesus, real; but fake

Yes., another religion thread; i think jesus was a real man but i don't really think he DID what they say he did; just to start out a point. he is always portraid as a caucasian male; Thats NOT POSSIBLE. jerusalem is in the middle east for gods sakes. and then as i see it he just commited suicide for our sins? ok he did that. so now we're free to sin all we want? and then when the english were spreading thier kingdom, beliefs and religions i think the stretched the rules and truths to get more poeple believing in the religion; its almost as if they are trying to scare people into believing; if they don't believe then they go to hell and spend all eternity suffering; i could say a lot more about scaring but i won't and then i believe the jew's are right there.. i think the mesiah is YET to come.. why have him come near the beggining of earth instead of saving us from the end of the earth; and then how about the universe, does it just end? or what? did god create everything or is there a god for every galaxy?; what created god? summaring it down; i think jesus's ability's are stretched to get more people into the religion DISCUSS

Institutional religion has always been political. If you research a little bit on theology and history of religion you can get a picture of how all religion is intertwined. Judaism arose in rivalry and in parallel to a polytheistic tradition; they shared many beliefs. The first Christianity is a subtle blending of Judaism and Eastern mysticism; it is supposed Jesus himself visited India and assimilated many of the ideas there. As Christianity became increasingly Catholic, pagan ideas were introduced to appeal to the masses. The dates of Christmas and Easter were dates of pagan festivals.

I doubt individual believers actually realise they are playing a part in weaving a great social web through religion. It is akin to a business corporation in that it takes a life of its own because there are so many believers pursuing their own agenda in such a complex system. It is a grand social pursuit.

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Actually, Evolution isn't a great deal clearer than Intelligent design. Evolution is basically "we reckon evolution happened but we don't know why or how". The difference is Evolution is based on science, and Intelligent design is based [mostly] on non-science.