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3.08 AVERAGE
3.08 AVERAGE
Pretty disappointing, nothing new in the story, clutched at a lot of straws and tried to bring together a whole heap of theories on a presumption that this just might be the truth.
Very scholarly, so a little hard to get through, but worth it for the information. The author is an agnostic, so he's not trying to convert anyone to his ideas. He doesn't make any claims to know the "truth." He presents his research and findings and some possible conclusions that *might* be drawn.
The photos are fascinating, too!
The photos are fascinating, too!
Baigent makes a good argument based on multiple historical texts while at the same time going out on a limb with his inference. I'm sure the RC Church wasn't happy with many of his claims.
Okay, here's the thing. The background information he presents was interesting to me. He made a few great points in the book that really made me think. But, let me go on to say, Biagent is trying to show how the NT is maybe not all we think it is - saying they are simply stories contrived to serve specific purposes and don't have the innocent writing background most assume today. Then he goes on to say they are false because there is fact A. And if we assume fact B caused fact A, and then we assume fact C caused fact B and then we do some more assuming, well, that proves this really incredible thing happened instead of what The Bible says. I find a lot of what may have happened just as woven and created, if not more so, than what he says about the Bible. Just my two cents though!