Paul's Agon

This blog post showcases one section from my book Behind the Ritual Mask. These and other materials have also been recently published in the shorter book Contra Religion - Excerpts from the book Behind the Ritual Mask.  The Suffering Savior Sources The Suffering Savior and its related concepts in mythology represent a broad spectrum of ancient cultural institutions and messages. The penis, the pillar (or the two pillars), the mountain of god, the magic mountain, the bull, etc., are only a few of the more primitive concepts that relate to the Suffering Savior paradigm. The early forms of this paradigm generally refer to male power, rising up in life, touching god (as with Prometheus), and later vanity, Prometheus fallen, punished and crucified for arrogance. Osiris, Dionysus, Adonis, Atlas, Hercules, Samson, Christ and a host of other suffering gods are related to this concept. Indeed, this is one of the most powerful paradigms because of its early (now forgotten) association

Many people are missing the significance of the Dolphin and Anchor motif that became a common Christian symbol. In my 2007 research, and in my books, Unkilling Jesus and The Mark of Titus , I discussed how this symbol had become associated with the Flavians because it had been an early family symbol connected to or borrowed from early Roman symbology. The fact that it appeared on Flavian era coins is proof that the Flavians saw it as central to their family. That the same symbol became associated with Christianity is a telltale clue to the fact that the original models for Christ were the two Flavian generals who tried to have themselves accepted as the Messiah of the Jews (Josephus was the first to recognize this). This was a propaganda ploy intended to tie the Flavian symbol with the effort to usurp Jewish prophesies. The Romans used similar symbology to create the symbol for the Roman Pax, the Roman peace, which attempted to associate Roman imagery with peace and other Roman value

This blog is dedicated to studying Christianity (and other religious concepts) from the perspective of the author’s theory that Jesus was an invention of Paul the Apostle and the Flavians. To date, I have written five books on the subject entitled Unkilling Jesus, Domitian: The Final Messiah, Paul’s Agon, How they Wrote the Gospels, Christianity on the Arch of Titus and The Mark of Titus. Below is a link to purchase each book and a synopsis. Also included are other books I have written on other religious concepts. Unkilling Jesus This book explores the following questions:How was the story of Jesus’s life written?Who was Paul and what was his role in the creation of Christianity?What was his provenance and did he actually meet the resurrected Christ? Who wrote Revelation and what was the document’s purpose?Why was Domitian assassinated? Who was Clement and what was the nature of his relationships with Peter and Josephus? Were the Pseudo-Clementine materials really “pseudo”? Why di