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The Most Famous Man Who Ever Lived

“the most famous man who ever lived” hollow is the story of “jesus”--- hollow like the stamp with which it was printed, hollow as these other mythical hero archetypes, which all bear a supernatural birth, which all bear the hunting of said hero as an infant, with an exciting & dramatic subsequent getaway, which all bear the entertaining magic tricks during the hero’s youth, which all bear the blind adoration, devotion & worship that follows when he is seen as “divine,” only to be betrayed, executed & for that big fat finale… RESURRECTION! (which all christians want to happen for them as well, be it secretly or not) and then, of course, our hollowman gets made into a martyr for which history is supposed to weep & remember, weep & remember, weep & remember. to say that “jesus” was a man, to say that he lived at all, that his life was in any way original or authentic, is to say the same of Osiris, Hercules, Baal, Attis, Adonis & Asclepius (to name a few) were all real people… all who mr. “jesus” bears just a little more than coincidental liking to. still, over 40% of americans believe that “he” is going to return within the next 40 years--- this of course has nothing at all to do with the relative age of those asked & what their lil’ dreams are of getting to be on the planet when “he” does, right? (throat clearing) having created a character of fiction, one which can be mentioned to be “the most famous man who ever lived,” seems a bit gratuitous, doesn’t it? but then again, those who believe it are the same who believe that there is a place that they can go when they are dead & they will get all the gold stars that they’ve been earning all the years that they have been alive--- opportunists, opportunists, opportunists, who will create a “history” in order to provide themselves an out--- all so they can sleep at night.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2013




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