The
RU Sirius Show celebrates Christmas this year by having Brian
Flemming, the director of the atheist documentary film, "The God Who
Wasn't There," on the show to talk about his "Blasphemy Challenge" and
his "War On Christmas." And then they play a bunch of hilarious
Christmas songs by the likes of Leonard Nimoy, Root Boy Slim, the cast
of Bonanza, and Elvis Presley. (A text version of the interview is up
at 10
Zen Monkeys.)
BRIAN FLEMMING: The early Christians, the very first Christians, did
not believe in a human Jesus… If you look at the beginning of
Christianity…nobody was mentioning Bethlehem or Jerusalem as the
place where he was crucified. Basically, nothing that you and I would
call the story of Jesus was told then. He was a savior who lived up in
another realm. He had died and had risen back up to be with his
father. All of this took place in an upper realm, not down on earth.
Bit by bit, they added historical details.
