This document discusses the concept of loving a mythical figure like Jesus. It argues that while some research finds no evidence Jesus existed, people can still love stories and ideas even if they are fictional. The document also claims more fundamentalist believers are less likely to consider evidence questioning their beliefs due to fear of losing their belief system. Finally, it suggests true love has no need for beliefs or reasons, and quotes F. Scott Fitzgerald saying intelligence involves holding opposing ideas at the same time while still functioning.

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Loving Mythical Jesus
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May 13, 2016!
If a mother dies in childbirth or before a child has a memory of her, can that child love her
throughout life? A survey would show that most people would say yes. You can learn to love
someone you’ve never met or even never existed, but in your belief or imagination. Often
the question in the Christian world is presented, ‘do you love Jesus’? The question of ‘do
you believe in Jesus’ is met with a yes, no, or I don’t know. Never is it addressed if you said
‘no or I don’t know’, if you love Jesus because it is assumed it doesn’t apply.!
!Belief also encompasses doubt, and needs faith in what is said from a ‘believed to be a
reliable source’, in this case, the bible and it’s stories of the ‘new testament’. Mythisists, or
objective, credible researchers of documented information of religions, facilitated by easy
access to information in the computer world, have found no evidence that the ‘holy Jesus’ ever did exist. No fundamentalist
‘believer’ will accept that, and only rare more open believers will read the evidence. All religions
object to questioning beliefs where adherents are encouraged to quote ancient text to defend their
beliefs. !
!Saying that you ’love Jesus’, even though you accept the validity of the research that he never
existed, will inevitably be met with initial surprise followed quickly by, ‘you can’t do that because
it’s not the same Jesus’ or some similar response. In reality, there is nothing wrong with loving
anyone whether they have never been met, or even are a fiction, particularly one that creates a
love because of an ‘alleged’ story. ‘Love’ is a word with a sliding scale on intensity that means
different things to different people. The word ‘love’ has a wide
range of meaning. !
!If I say there are no cows on the moon, it can be proved ‘a priori’
or by logical, deductive reasoning. The existence of Jesus and
other biblical characters fall into that category when the results of
mythisists or scientific researchers for facts are read. The more
‘fundamental’ the believer, the less chance they will spend the time reading any research for a
‘denied’ fear of shaking their belief system.!
!The answers to love, consciousness, truth, and all spiritual matters beyond any religion are even
more exciting, but for the fear of ‘letting go’ of preconceived beliefs. Love is the greatest of
experiences known. Love doesn’t require ‘belief’, it just ‘is’, and when deep, has no belief/doubts
or reasons to question. What most call love is not what one who has no fear of intimacy or
openness experiences, yet all love feeling is a ‘godsend’ or blessing.!
!Applicable here is what the author F. Scott Fitzgerald said, “The test of a first rate intelligence is
the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to
function’’.!
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