>>18346786The gospels rip off Homer, therefore they are fiction.
• Odyssey 10.1–69
† Mark 4:1–2 and 35–41
• Odysseus’s crew boarded and sat down.
† Jesus boarded with his disciples and sat down to teach.
• On a floating island Odysseus told stories to Aeolus and his family.
† On a floating boat Jesus told his stories to the crowds.
• After a month he took his leave and sailed with twelve ships.
† When it was late, he took his leave and sailed. “Other boats were with him.”
• Odysseus slept.
† Jesus slept.
• The crew opened the sack, and “all the winds rushed out.”
† “A great gale of wind came up.”
• The crew groaned.
† The disciples were helpless and afraid.
• Odysseus awoke and despaired.
† Jesus awoke and stilled the storm.
• Odysseus complained of his crew’s folly.
† Jesus scolded his disciples for lack of faith.
• Aeolus, not Odysseus, was master of the winds.
† Jesus was master of winds and sea.
