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Date: April 19, 2012 10:12PM
Books such as Revelations show a diversity of belief.
"The author of Revelation hated Rome, but he also scorned another group – a group of people we would call Christians today, Pagels says."
"There’s a common perception that there was a golden age of Christianity, when most Christians agreed on an uncontaminated version of the faith. Yet there was never one agreed-upon Christianity. There were always clashing visions."
"The author of Revelation was like an activist crusading for traditional values. In his case, he was a devout Jew who saw Jesus as the messiah. But he didn’t like the message that the apostle Paul and other followers of Jesus were preaching."
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/31/four-big-myths-about-the-book-of-revelation/The book of Revelation is just one example. There is plenty of conflicting ideas on who Jesus was. Obviously he became more deified as time went on...not reaching his status as God until rather late in the Gospel of John.