Open discussion: The evolution of Jesus based on the influence from the history of Church Councils.
The 'Lost Gospels' make for interesting reading. Most of them have been collected together in the "Gnostic Bible".One of them says that Adam and Eve had a daughter, with whom Abel, and Seth had incest with, to begat the multitudes. And most of them, to me anyways, make Jeshua look like a schizophrenic cult leader.
I agree.
The funny thing, I used the councils as a basis for an argument with a fundie. He said they didn't exist. Uh, yea. And, of course, and this is the most fucked up of his beliefs: the King James Bible is the literal word of god. Just for a point of reference, I got into the argument after he claimed I wanted to kill his grandkids because I was pro choice. Good lesson - don't argue with stupid.
Jesus is a fictional character.
Care to elaborate?
Of course, based on an archetypically character from long before he, supposedly, existed. Still, the Councils did occur, and they are real, and they have done much harm on humanity and should not be lightly swept under the rug. Know your enemy.