Christ Myth Quotes

#1. Though [Charles Guignebert] could not accept either the Christ myth theory, which held that no historical Jesus existed, or the Dutch Radical denial that Paul authored any of the epistles, Guignebert took both quite seriously.

Robert M. Price

#2. You say we worship the sun; so do you.

Tertullian

#3. Being among my people is a delight. We Jews live among ourselves. I love it.

David Mamet

#4. If we surrender faith in Christ, as the only thing that can justify us, the death and resurrection of Jesus are without meaning; that Christ is the Savior of the world would be a myth.

Martin Luther

#5. In the New Testament, myth stands over against the truth of the history of Jesus Christ ... the decisive die has ... been already cast in the New Testament opposition to myth.

G. C. Berkouwer

#6. He had the air of a spy in a melodrama, missing nothing, liking nothing, looking forward to the great day when everything would be turned upside down.

Kurt Vonnegut

#7. He made no empty promises, nor the craven excuse that his hands were tied by more powerful forces in the world than himself.

Mario Puzo

#8. Perhaps the dominant myth in the evangelical church today is that the success of Christianity depends on how popular it is, and that the kingdom of God and the glory of Christ somehow advance on the back of public favor.

John F. MacArthur Jr.

#9. Sceptics have often pointed out that no archaeological evidence for the existence of Jesus Christ has been discovered. And they are correct.

John D. Morris

#10. Enough people disagree with what Jesus is to prevent Him from ... from manifesting, as such. And billions don't believe He existed at all. He is a legend, a myth. A Jewish carpenter people ignore while committing acts in His name, even as they call themselves believers.

Thomm Quackenbush

#11. The pursuit of individual happiness within those limits prescribed by social conditions, is the first requisite to the attainment of the greatest general happiness.

Herbert Spencer

#12. Two hundred years of work experience was a human resources nightmare.

Molly Harper

#13. It has served us well, this myth of Christ.

Pope Leo X

#14. All fairy tales, Tolkien argued, echo the gospel of Jesus Christ in some way because the gospel is the True Story; it's the real fairy tale that crashed into the time line of history... 'The heart of Christianity is a myth which is also a fact,' Lewis wrote

Sarah Arthur

#15. I was warned not to do it. Actors who play Jesus are supposed to have a hard time getting other roles to follow, but I felt this was a myth. After all, how can you be typecast as Christ?

Jeffrey Hunter

#16. A 'death mirror' held up to American culture - Brando, bikes and black leather; Christ, chains and cocaine. A 'high' view of the myth of the American motorcyclist. The machine as totem from toy to terror. Thanatos in chrome and black leather and bursting jeans.

Kenneth Anger

#17. It was only much later that he was made flesh and blood [in the Gospels] on paper. Thus Christ was created as a literary creation.

Paul Louis Couchoud