Gnosticism

As is my tradition, if the Historical Jesus reveals himself to me, in much the same way in which I am now the world's most vivid advocate of the historical God, I will extend the same courtesies. For me the question is not of whether Jesus existed or was a monumental figure of the times. We know he was. We just cannot defend the New Testament as being the will of the Lord. We only hear from him in manners which cannot precisely inform us enough to dispel ambiguity and then are informed, haughtilly, that these meager reparations are to be our food and drink for the festival. I think not...