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And in the UK where we have had centuries to consider it, whats happening? Consequence of birth relates to location and timeline, where were the China Christians in previous centuries? At the current time there are diminishing congegations in church in the UK, we will differ on opinions and...

Richard Francis Burton, the first white man to attend the HAJ and discoverer of the source of the Nile, said religion is a consequence of birth. Quite accurate it could be argued, not many muslems in the UK prior to the 20th Century, not many Budhist Monks in the UK now. If we were not taught...

But they did have an idea of what had been passed down through generations, they weren't blind to it all. Constant references to Pharoah in the Bible give evidence to stories being handed down, even though Pharoah, was never named, thus still muddying the waters.

You could be correct or otherwise as my knowledge does not stretch to challenge your response, Pliny, Tactitus and Clement of Rome are figures I have not studied or cut and pasted from the internet. Hence the debate continues, do I believe this or that, the Bible or the internet. But my original...

dig deeper and you will find an answer, look under Thomas, it may or may not be true, accurate fiction or something else, but its not MY theory.

specific in answer to the question that it was not my theory that 'jesus' had a brother. however I did not claim it as being either true or accurate, just what is written in the bible

James the Just, the twin brother of Jesus noted in Matthew 13.55 and Mark 6.3, not a theory, the bible tells of it, but the church and its promoters seemingly don't promulgate it and many church followers don't know of it. 'jesus was the spiritual leader and James the political leader.

Well, no doubt,not sure about that, the gospels were brought together some 400 years after his aged death, similar to us writing about Tudor times today. Jesus is not a name its a title, meaning leader. No mention of this man is made by contemporary historians at that time in history, living...