He spoke to women, he asked their advice. He defied the rule that said women were inferior. He trusted them, he loved and guided them. He may have even married one. He came at a time when the fear of God was everywhere, and people may have been turning back to their “old ways” of worshiping a divine feminine deity. Whether Jesus was real or fabricated, he was the greatest manifestation of public relations that the world had seen.

“I’m not so bad,” says God, “I’ll even prove it by sending you my son, who is a really nice guy, and he’ll make up for all of the scary talk and other stuff I’ve put you through.”

When (If) Jesus was alive, he was a champion of the feminist movement. He wanted equality for everyone… the ultimate hippy, he wanted love. He WAS love. If the world had gone from female-centered religion to male-dominated religion, its possible that it could not get any worse than it was and maybe Jesus was just an excuse to begin the journey back to a kinder, gentler and more peaceful gender-neutral faith.

If this was true, however, it does not explain the numerous crimes that have been committed in Jesus’ name. Somehow, the message got screwed up because the men in power weren’t buying into the hippy message of love. Sharing meant they would lose power, so it was much easier to twist the messages Jesus left after his death. How easy would it have been to take those words, words from a beloved man, and interpret them to one’s own agenda. Who would argue? Jesus said it, so it must be true, right?

Its kind of like taking the male perspective on history as 100% truth. How many people actually question the historical facts in textbooks until its pointed out to them that maybe, just maybe, the author is slightly biased. The same could be said for the hearsay (heresy!) of Jesus. And so, the brainwashing began.

Ironically, it is science that is bringing up the contradictions between what was once known to be “true” in history versus what is being proven true through various methods. The cave drawings may not have been porn, and women may have been leaders longer than we ever knew. This is being proven scientifically, much to the horror of the historians who were sure that women were second-class citizens. Their perspective of leadership was different than the reality of leadership in those times, and it is science that is putting the piece of history back together.

Science, the arch-enemy of religion.