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Jesus could have been an antique meme à la Chuck Norris that got waaaay out of hand (sh.itjust.works)
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All we have are scriptures and texts that could have been a series of meme that built/improved from eachother but lost the common knowledge between the generations that it was fictional.

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[–] frosty99c@midwest.social 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I mean, it's pretty well documented how awful Christopher Columbus was. Even in the context of the time period: he was arrested in the new world and shipped back to Spain for a trial because he was so ruthless in his treatment of the native peoples. The myths about him being a 'great man' are all only like 100 years old.