Rebuttal

Comment on Christian Conspiracy Theories by Monika Yost.

You mentioned that Constantine decided to become Christian because becoming so, he would find redemption from his evil deeds. Although that may be a valid point, my question to you would be: Where did Constantine learn about this redemption, if there was nothing taught about this prior to the Council of Nicea?
I have no reason to believe that Rome would not have benefited from uniting under one religion, especially a religion that would encourage social behavior that would be necessary for people living closer together, such as in cities.
However, you made a rather bold statement, that Nazareth did not exist during the supposed time of birth of Jesus. That is an incorrect statement. Nazareth did exist even 9000 years before this event. Archeological findings of burial sites only 2 miles away from Nazareth, as well as other archeological findings prove there was civilization in that area long before Jesus was born. Just because it was not mentioned in historical data does not make it non-existent, just not important enough to have early reports from the area.
Lately, I have studied Islam, and it is interesting to note that Mohammed made quite a number of comments about Jesus. Granted, he was much later, and later than the Council of Nicea, and may have gotten his information from the spread word from that meeting….
The interesting facts that were omitted in your writing are the mentioning of a Savior or a Messiah, who was to be born from a virgin date back to ancient books of the old testament, and the old scrolls have been found in the latter part of the 20th century, dating back to pre-Jesus times, and therefore cannot be disputed as being “made up” by the Council of Nicea. The New Testament is therefore a fulfillment of the old prophecies… I wonder how much of those old scripts would have been available to the Council of Nicea at that time, to make up the story of Jesus, fitting in with all the old scriptures?
I too have often speculated on the truth and non-truth of Chrisitanity. Certainly, todays Christianity is a far cry from what Jesus had taught, if indeed Jesus was real. And looking into the history of Christianity and the evil deeds that were entertained “in the name of God”, I am certain, that if Jesus was real, he would not have wanted to have his teachings so badly misinterpreted and misunderstood. Nowadays, there are hundreds if not thousands of larger and smaller Christian beliefs, all believing in Jesus, yet differing in so many other ways, that they cannot be the same religion. Some have edified Jesus into God… God’s son, equal to God, or God Himself. God being omnipotent would not need to turn into flesh and become a mere mortal human. And God would not need to create a God-like son. If anything, Jesus would have been a prophet, a man with a message from God. There were many prophets before Jesus, and after him as well.
I am wondering though, are you arguing about just the story of Jesus? Or are you saying, that since in your eyes Jesus did not exist, therefore God does not exist?
One addition I would like to note here is, that Christianity throughout history has been misused to destroy other peoples. Charlemagne eradicated tribes in Germany in the name of God and Jesus… “become a Christian or die!” was his motto. Since then, this same motto was adopted by the Spanish Conquistadores, when entering the Americas…. “become Christian or die!” was used on the Aztek as well as Inca kings… and after they became Christian, they were beheaded. Wars have been fought in the name of religion too many centuries. The question is why? The answer is and will always remain: human greed.