Publisher's Synopsis
This rigorous re-evaluation of first century Christianity, made possible by our better understanding of sudden religious conversions triggered by temporal lobe epilepsy, has the potential to completely destroy Christianity's credibility, because it explains the origins of Christianity in simple rational terms, without once acknowledging the existence of God, it explains the existence of the New Testament Gospels in simple rational terms, without once acknowledging the existence of God, and it explains Paul's dramatic conversion experience in simple rational terms, without once acknowledging the existence of God. It also explains why, 2000 years ago, many people came to believe in a Jerusalem resurrection that never happened and why all four Gospels now portray an alleged resurrection in Jerusalem that never happened.
The proposed secular narrative outlined in this book, accommodates all the known facts, and it produces exactly the same New Testament Gospels, portraying exactly the same resurrection accounts, without any need for divine interventions by mythical deities. This alternative secular narrative, thus completely undermines the credibility of Christian claims that Jesus of Nazareth was resurrected from the dead in Jerusalem some 2000 years ago, and it also clearly demonstrates why Christians can no longer trust the resurrection claims found in their four New Testament Gospels.
