In response to JonDavid's post "The Gospels: "Jesus Facts"" (February 16, 2012):
I think the Chuck Norris analogy is a good one - the main difference between Chuck Norris and Jesus, mythologically speaking, is that no one believes that Chuck Norris can actually do those things, whereas some people believe that Jesus really did perform miracles. However, Jesus is not the only historical personage who has grown over time into a mythological, or perhaps legendary, figure. Even such relatively recent lives, such as that of George Washington and the other founders of the United States, have become somewhat shrouded in the mists of legend. That popular story about George Washington and the cherry tree, while not as widely believed as Jesus' miracles, still has a following of people who do not know it is fiction. It seems that admirable people, despite being sufficiently impressive in reality, tend to take on supernatural attributes after death.
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