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“The authors of the New Testament and Josephus created what might be called history´s first intelligence test. The consequence for failing it is belief in a false god.”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus

“If one wishes to "create" a prophet, it is easy enough - simply invent one who existed in the past. Then fabricate a work in his name dated from the time that you claim he lived. In the book, describe the prophet predicting events that you know have already occurred.”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus

“if a prophet predicted that “next week a dog will bite a mailman” and a historian recorded that during that week “a cur sank its teeth into a letter carrier”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus:Flavian Signature Edition

“The Flavians were the best known tax collectors in Roman history.”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus:Flavian Signature Edition

“why so many members of a Roman imperial family, the Flavians, were recorded as being among the first Christians. The Flavians would have been among the first Christians because, having invented the religion, they were, in”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus:Flavian Signature Edition

“Why, this is really the reason you pay taxes; for tax-gatherers are ministers of God, devoting their energies to this very work. Rom. 13:2–6”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus:Flavian Signature Edition

“The first century was not a time when one would expect that a Judaic cult with a viewpoint favorable to the Empire would have emerged. Yet”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus:Flavian Signature Edition

“In spite of Jesus’ reputation for original thought, there is very little among his sayings that does not paraphrase earlier prophets and philosophers.”
― Joseph Atwill, Caesar's Messiah: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus:Flavian Signature Edition