Controversy around the real life role of Jesus

Many scholars believe that Jesus Christ is real in history, but his actual role is still controversial.

According to Express, many scholars in the world agree that Jesus is a real character but not sent to Earth by the supernatural beings.

Instead, they put the pieces together to have a more logical and scientific story about the life of Jesus.

Most other religions - Islam, Judaism, and Hinduism all refer to Jesus in some form, but each religion has a different way of explaining his life and destiny.

However, in addition to religious texts, the evidence of Jesus' miracles is few and unclear.

The first-century work, Josephus' "Jewish War" , Jewish- Roman scholar and historian, mentioned Jesus and his brother several times.

Statue of the Redeemer in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.(Photo: Wikipedia).

There is a passage which mentions the execution of "James, the brother of Jesus, called the Lord / Savior".

After James was executed, his remains were placed in a burial stone casket. This is a burial method commonly used in about 20 BC to 70.

This stone coffin was found in 2002 with the words written in Aramaic: "James, Joseph's son, brother of Jesus" , although its authenticity is still controversial.

" We know some things about Jesus, less than Christians think but more than skeptics think," said Marcus Borg, professor of religious and historical subjects at Oregon State University, USA. , said.

"Although some recently published books claim that Jesus does not exist, the evidence he has convinced the majority of scholars, both according to and without Christianity," he said.

Although the creator of one of the world's largest religions, Jesus was originally thought to not want to create a new religion, but wanted to devote his life to a movement within Judaism, a religion. the religion he worshiped. He is said to have performed preaching work primarily through medical treatments.

However, the Romans ruled the region of Judea at that time did not understand the value of this work, and decided to execute him.

In another paragraph, Josephus wrote: "At that time there was an intelligent man named Jesus. He had good conduct and morality. And many Jews and other nations became his disciples. Pilate (Judea regional governor) sentenced him to be crucified to death but his disciples did not renounce Him ".

After his death, Jesus was called the "Savior" (Messiah) and Borg believed that this was the time when the stories of Jesus began to be legendary.

"Historically, he did not" die for the sins of the world "but was killed by the ruling forces," Borg said.

He also said that Jesus might consider himself a prophet, but names like "Savior, Son of God". God is set by the disciples later, with the meaning of Jesus entering their lives.

However, there are also some points that completely reject the existence of Jesus.

Scholar at the Bible Joseph Atwill believes that the man and the story behind Jesus is a hoax set up by the Roman government to control people.

At first Jesus was supposed to not want to create a new religion.

In an article at his website, Atwill wrote: "Christianity can be considered a religion, but it was actually developed and used as a spiritual control system for slaves to believe that Germany God set slavery ".

The scholar said that at that time, Jewish sects in Palestine were waiting for a "Salvation Warrior" , an issue that became more and more serious after the Roman Empire could not be resolved by means of transmission. system.

As a result, the leadership class resorted to psychological warfare, giving people what they wanted, to ensure they still obeyed the law.

"They think it is possible to prevent the expansion of Jewish missionary activity by creating a competitive faith system. That's when the story of the Savior is composed , " he said. .

"Instead of inspiring war, this Savior spurred pacifism and encouraged Jews" to submit to Caesar "and pay taxes to Rome."