Taken from ‘Killer Cults – Murderous Messiahs and their Fanatical Followers’ by Brian Lane.
“It was about 700BC when thye Jewish tribes were driven from their lands by the conquering Assyrians, and the prophet Isaiah boosted morale by declaring that ‘Unto us a child will be born’ – in Hebrew, the Messiah (“the annointed one”), the reincarnation of King David. There were no shortage of candidates over the centuries, men and women – most of them self – proclaimed, the majority either fanatical or deluded. Finally, one of these Messiahs unaccountably became adopted by more than the customary handful of local believers, and within centuries was on his way to becoming a dominant world religion – his name was Jesus Christ (‘Christ’ is the equivelent Greek word for ‘Messiah’).”
Makes you think, doesn’t it?
Will
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