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Who was Jesus?

There are only four options for the identity of Jesus Christ. He was a legend, a liar, a lunatic—or Lord and God. Legend? Those who support the legend hypothesis say that the claim to be God was a result of the religious imagination of the early church, and as such, was written back into the mouth of Jesus. The real Jesus, they say, said no such thing. First of all, this view fails to take into account the fact that it takes more than two full generations for legendary traces to wipe out the hard core of historical fact... >Full Story

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