Originally Posted by asaris

But that's simply not true, at least in Christianity's case. If Christianity isn't true, that is, if Christ was not God and did not die and rise again from the dead, then "we are to be pitied above all people". And it doesn't make any sense to say that Jesus is whoever you want him to be. He was a historical individual, and so, just like any other historical individual, one can make true and false claims about him.