Documentary! Tom Harpur’s The Pagan Christ

I’m a big Tom Harpur fan and enjoyed his book “The Pagan Christ”. I don’t necessarily agree with the whole hypothesis and his scholarship is sometimes embarrassingly weak for a former professor but still it’s an intriguing book and the spiritual message is sound. Well now someone has done gone and made a documentary of it and it aired on CBC Thursday December 6, 2007 at 9pm on CBC-TV repeating Saturday December 8, 2007 at 10pm ET on CBC Newsworld. Haven’t heard about this book or doc? Let me cut and paste the blurb that appears on the CBC website for you:

So, what if it could be proven that Jesus never existed? What if there was evidence that every word of the New Testament – the cornerstone of Christianity – is based on myth and metaphor? Based on Tom Harpur’s national bestseller, The Pagan Christ examines these very questions. During his research, Harpur discovered that the New Testament is wholly based on Egyptian mythology, that Jesus Christ never lived, and that – indeed – the text was always meant to be read allegorically. It was the founders of the Church who duped the world into taking a literal approach to the scriptures. And, according to Harpur, this was their fatal error – and the very reason Christianity is struggling today.

The mission of The Pagan Christ is not to accelerate Christianity’s slow demise, but to breath new life into its holy book and, in the process, bring the world a richer, more spiritual faith.

What if you’re busy but want to see it later? Don’t worry I have a feeling “someone” will record it and upload it to youtube.