RELIGION

So What if Jesus Wasn’t Real?

What happens to Christianity if the Gospels are myth?

Needlepoint of Jesus from the 1890s (Wikimedia Commons)

In the 2001 film The Body, archaeologists in Israel discover remains that appear to be those of Jesus Christ. The Vatican intervenes, sending a Jesuit priest named Father Gutierrez (played by Antonio Banderas) to try to refute the scientists’ findings. After all, if the body really is…