Hinduism have followers of

Hinduism have followers of over a billion and the existence or non-existence of their plethora of Gods does not discourage their devotion. If Jesus proves to be a will o the wisp and does not exist it will not diminish the faith of his believers.On the other hand, i wonder what the effect would be if by some remote chance, his corpse is found thus proving that the resurrection did not happen and he did not rise to the heavens as stated in the Gospels but like all men rotted and eaten by worms. As i said in my post, the most interesting aspect of Christianity is its evolution, from a local Jewish doom merchant very much in the tradition of many other preachers of the era and early prophets, forecasting the imminent end of the world (which in 70AD did happen for the Jews in a sense) then turning into a global state-sponsored church.  How ideas grow and spread and evolve into something different is the food for thought for historical materialists to wonder about and study. It is no surprise that Marx partly came to socialism through a chain of ideas arising from the study of religion.Christianity's content changed with time and reflected changes of beliefs that arose (Gnostic Gospels, for example.) But even the accepted beliefs undergo continual re-interpretation.The Q Source appears to reveal the original teachings of this Jewish preacher, for what it is worth in the 20th Centuryhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_sourceSocialists can stand amazed at the diversity of Christian belief through history across the world up to even present times. That some of its followers at some periods of history sought to associate it with a socialistic way of life is an interesting aspect of this religion.As Roman (and DaveB) seems to suggest, those who reject this link are the Christians of modern times. Does it harm the socialist case to remind them of it, as we do in commemorating others in human history…from John Ball to Gerard Winstanley…