Jesus Christ Never Existed

Jesus Christ, contrary to popular public opinion, never existed. First to define who Jesus Christ was according to the "Holy Bible": Jesus Christ is a central figure in Christianity who supposedly lived from around 4 B.C. to 30 A.D. He was a prophet of Judaism who many believed was the Messiah, the one who would deliver the Jews to salvation. He began a new religious movement, called his ministry, that was composed of 12 disciples and other followers. He was sentenced to death by the Jewish authorities of Judea and was crucified by the Roman authorities. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org... Now to define the term existence: The term existence means in simple Latin form to be. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org... Jesus Christ never existed because he never lived. All documents that are about his life were written many years after his death, with the first gospel being written in 70 AD, 30 years after Jesus' supposed death in 40 AD. He was made up from a conglomeration of myths of the Roman and earlier time periods, and his story was significantly altered to meet the needs of Christians and the Jewish prophecies of the Messiah. Even if this is not the case Jesus could have been a conglomeration of various Jewish messianic cult leaders of the time. Source: http://www.religioustolerance.org... One of the more prominent religions that Christianity borrowed from for the story of Jesus was Mithraism, with many elements of the story of Mithra in Mithraism being very similar if not identical to the story of Jesus: "Mithra was a fictional character who was worshipped as a Good Shepherd, the Way, the Truth and the Light, the Redeemer, the Savior, and the Messiah. A religion in his name was founded in the 6th century BCE. 5 Mithraism one of the most popular of religions in the Roman Empire, particularly among its soldiers and civil servants. It was Christianity's leading rival. 19 Mithra was also believed to have been born of a virgin. Like Jesus, their births were celebrated yearly on DEC-25. Mithra was also visited by shepherds and by Magi. He traveled through the countryside, taught, and performed miracles with his 12 disciples. He cast out devils, returned sight to the blind, healed the lame, etc. Symbols associated with Mithra were a Lion and a Lamb. He held a last supper, was killed, buried in a rock tomb. He rose again after three days, at the time of the spring equinox, circa MAR-21. He later ascended into heaven. Mithraism celebrated the anniversary of his resurrection, similar to the Christian Easter. They held services on Sunday. Rituals included a Eucharist and six other sacraments that corresponded to the rituals of the Catholic church" (Source: http://www.religioustolerance.org...). Another god-figure that Jesus shared many similarities with was Horus of Egyptian myth. Both of them were born by a virgin, and were the sons of a God (Yahweh and Osiris), their births were both heralded by a star, they were both of royal descent, had step fathers, both their births were celebrated around the winter solstice, their births were announced by angels, three wise men/deities witness their births, Herut tried to have Horus murdered and Herod tried to have Jesus murdered when they were babies, they were both baptized in rivers, both of their baptisers were later beheaded, they were both tempted on mountains in the desert by Set and Satan, they both: Walked on water, cast out demons, healed the sick, restored sight to the blind, and stilled the sea, they both had a sermon on the mount, Horus died by either a scorpion sting or crucifixion and Jesus died by crucifixion, they were both buried in tombs, and they were resurrected in three days and this was announced by groups of women. Source: http://www.religioustolerance.org...