Reply #17: we don't believe the bits about the minotaur [View All]

[enki23]

in fact, we don't rely on a single source for much of everything. contrasting with the jesus myths, most historical happenings are written about by *lots* of people. it would take a pretty damned large conspiracy to account for all the accounts of julius ceasar, and by comparing them against each other we can get some kind of idea about the real story behind the distortions and embellishments. one shmuck's copycatted account of a first century david koresh, "backed up" by what seems likely to be a pious editing job in one of josephus' writings, doesn't require much of a conspiracy at all, on the other hand. and accounts of rising from the dea and walking on water aren't taken seriously by reasonable people no matter which source they come from.

if it makes you feel better, i don't believe in zeus either. though a lot more people wrote about him, back in his day, than wrote about some minor-league cult leader who was crucified (or not), dead, and buried, and resurrected by a more successful guru a while later.