about the whole jesus being based on a mythoglogical character (i've heard hercules, bacchus, etc), i put no money into. although i do believe that jesus' life was misconstrued, any correlations between him and any gk/roman gods would be accidental, although they might have been pushed so that the roman culture could embrace him more as a god.


and george, you're on the right track on constantine. he truly was no saint. i've heard several times he refused communion (but what can we prove?) but in all honesty all he did was back the winning horse. unless i am utterly mistaken, he compiled the gospels that are in the bible today. whats that you say? there are more? ah yes, there are, and they are quite interesting to read. any that did not elevate jesus to the son of god were eliminated. if anyone's interested, you can check out the gnostic gospels, which are some of the eliminated gospels. they give a completely different view of jesus IMO, and they are actually a little less dull to read than most of the new testament.

i'm gonna try and stay out of this, but i'll give random comments on what i know and not argue.