They aren't literal though - they are representative characters, you have to be kidding yourself if you think they were real people.

Hell, if you even beleive they were 'people' then you missed the point.

~ There is nothing new in the Story of Jesus it's just a rehash of old Egyptian Pagan beliefs. It was thousands of years old by the time Christians got a hold of it.

About two thousand years before the Christian era Mut-em-ua, the virgin Queen of Egypt, was said to have given birth to the Pharaoh Amenkept (or Amenophis) III, who built the temple of Luxor, on the walls of which were represented:-

1. The Annunciation: the god Taht announcing to the virgin Queen that she is about to become a mother.

2. The Immaculate Conception: the god Kneph (the Holy Spirit) mystically impregnating the virgin by holding a cross, the symbol of life, to her mouth.

3. The Birth of the Man-god.

4. The Adoration of the newly born infant by gods and men, including three kings (or Magi ?), who are offering him gifts. In this sculpture the cross again appears as a symbol.

nuff said

Source: The Virgin Birth Doctrine By Jocelyn Rhys - 1922
Delta9 UK Reviewed by Delta9 UK on . I do belive jesus was real but him bein gods sun no,this is how i see it mary slept with someone and her hubby didnt know because wasnt she sopposedly a virgin? in those days a woman who cheated would probably be killed so when she turned up pregnant she blamed it on some almighty spirit and thats how it all began i do believe ppl back then thought it was true so thats why all that shit happened later on down the road to jesus he got crucified and what not dont know about how long he lived but i do believe he went Rating: 5