Topic: Joseph Atwill

Gordon White references Joseph Atwill’s "Caesar’s Messiah" to explain how the Flavian dynasty used the Jesus narrative as imperial propaganda to pacify the rebellious Jewish province. He notes that early Catholic saints were often members of the Flavian family and that the historian Josephus was a state propagandist. This theory suggests the New Testament was designed to foreshadow the military campaigns of Emperor Titus.

Freeman Fly argues that mainstream Christianity functions as a form of social engineering and mind control. He references the Holy Land Experience theme park as a display of trauma-based ritual and cites researcher Joseph Atwill’s theory that the Roman Empire created the character of Jesus for psychological warfare. The discussion posits that religious rituals, such as the Eucharist, mirror the elite's alleged interest in human sacrifice.