IF THE SMOKING GUN WAS AROUND 2000 YEARS AGO

James Frey had how many people fooled? Almost everyone who heard his story. He did have a great apostle going for him though: Winnie the Bookseller.
You know where I'm going with this....
It is the year 2006. We are in the INFORMATION AGE, yet Frey's story slips through the cracks of almost every investigative reporter for over 2 years. Why? It was plausible, no miracles, had support from Winnie the Bookseller and other high profile money making people, and it made Joe Shmoe feel good.
It only took around 6 weeks of real research by The Smoking Gun to find that Frey's whole story outside of the rehab centers were phonier than a 3 dollar bill.
Now lets turn the clock back around 2000 years. We have the Jews waiting on a Messiah. We also have lots of stories circulating on what the Messiah will do, how he will be born, what he will say and a whole lot of other things.
This is the thing that really bugs me. There was absolutely nothing, zero, nada written about Jesus while he supposedly was alive. 30, 40 years later, historians like Josephus wrote about him after hearing ORAL history. A few other dudes wrote about him 30-150 years after he supposedly died.
There is absolutely no archeological proof that Jesus walked on the planet either. I know this, I've looked into it. All we have is one ORAL line by Josephus and lots of Gospel writings, done many years after the fact.
If The King of The Jews/The Miracle Man was such a key figure during his times. Why was nothing written about him by historians who were alive when he supposedly lived? It makes no sense. Lots was written about Herod for example, during the time he lived too. Roman letters have been found, but not a sentence about Jesus.
It took James Frey only 2 years to get caught. And it is easy these days to nail someone when it comes to blatant lies.
How could anyone possibly nail the Jesus story as a lie 2000 years ago, especially since it took 30 years (almost an entire average lifetime in those days) after his death for one word to be written about him.
The day was ripe for the story, that is for sure.
How long did it take Jim Jones to find 900 people to drink Koolaid?
It doesn't take much for someone who wants to believe a story, to believe a story.
The case in Italy is starting on Friday where a Priest is supposed to prove that Jesus existed. If the court is not a kangaroo one, there is no way he will succeed. The evidence is just not there.

Oops, almost forgot the links to my newfound skepticism about the existence of Jesus:

Try here, or here, or here, or here, or here if you want to see excellent arguments against the existence of Jesus Christ.

The Hamas Barbie

The Hamas Barbie is the number one toy selling toy in Gaza right now, a favorite of 7 year old Palestinian girls.

I think I'll pass on Chinese food tonight

I decided to make this sign instead of ordering Chinese tonight.

NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP PREDICTIONS

I am guaranteed now to have a winning record against the spread this year as I went 2 and 2 last week (56-52-4 for the year). I missed predicting the Denver score last week by one point. Lets hope this the reffing is better this week. It is one thing to challenge a play, it is another to have the ref reviewing the play actually know the rules of the game, I guess.

Denver is 3 or 3 and a half point favorite at this time, so lets go with the 3 and a half. They don't need that stinkin' half a point anyways. The Broncos didn't play as good as they could last week against New England, maybe it was New England's aura, maybe Shanahan choked a bit.....he was outcoached for almost a full half. But things will be different this week. Pittsburgh is coming off an emotional game, and I am no fan of a team who plays as conservative as Pittsburgh does. Denver again, has by far the most offensive weapons as any team in the league and this week they will make the Steelers look like circus clowns. Pittsburgh does have weapons too, but I think the team as gone too conservative of late. Look for Tatum Bell to have a good game for Denver, watch Big Ben have a horrible game. Denver 24 Pittsburgh 7.

The second game is very interesting. Seattle opened up as a 5 and a half point favorite. I expected that to stick, but it was quickly brought down to 3 and a half points. It couldn't be because of Foster's broken ankle, that is a negative for Carolina. Goings started quite a few games for the Panthers last year, but he was still number 3 on their depth charts this year, and it isn't like Carolina has many weapons other than the super human Steve Smith. What the heck were the Bears thinking? How can the best defensive team in the league allow Smith to get two TD's and more than 200 yards in receiving? Is Smith that good?
Alexander was cleared to play, so I just don't get the action on Carolina by the general public. It must be the very smart money that is going with Carolina. Carolina must by a lock. I'm looking for Carter to light up the scoreboard. He had a couple of receptions last week against the Bears. Delhomme is going to have another big game. I just don't know why. Carolina 31 Seattle 20.

Jake Plummer reminds me of someone famous

Is it my imagination of does the Denver Bronco's "saviour" quarterback Jake Plummer look like(see picture below).........