James was the brother of Jesus Christ. Both the Gospels and the non-Christian, 1st century historian, Josephus mention it. Scholars agree as I have shown. You can believe whatever and whoever you want to believe.
So what...?
Mary Magdalene was Jesus' wife and chief disciple, then the first Christian pope ...according to the Gospel of Mary Magdalene.
Pontius Pilate was a believing Christian who executed Jesus only to fulfill prophecy, was beheaded by the Christian Roman Emperor, then ascended into heaven (with his wife) in the arms of the Archangel Gabriel, witnessed by the entire Roman court... according to the Gospel of Pontius Pilate.
Judas Iscariot betrayed Jesus because Jesus asked him to do so in order to fulfill prophecy, which Judas did because such was his role as chief disciple... according to the Gospel of Judas.
Judas was Jesus' identical twin brother who selflessly took Jesus' place on the cross... according to the Gnostic Gospels (and Cathar; Bogomil; Albigensian; Aryan and Old Believer traditions).
Thomas, "Doubting Thomas", met an elderly Jesus at a wedding in Kashmir ('twixt India and Pakistan) around 80 AD which denies Jesus' supposed bodily ascension into Heaven... according to the Gospel of Thomas.
Jesus was a transcendentalist Buddhist who separated his Daemon (holy spirit or heavenly twin) from his Eidelon (bodily manifestation) in order that only his body (Eidelon twin) was crucified... Jesus' Daemon manifestation watched the crucifixion from afar laughing all the time, as now he would no longer be reincarnated but ascend to Heaven... according to the Gnostic Gospels (and Cathar; Bogomil; Albigensian; Aryan and Old Believer traditions).
Jesus was the Antichrist, who asked his wifes sister (Mary Magdalene's sister Salome, step daughter of Herod) to arrange the execution of the true Christ John the Baptist, and then took delivery of the Baptist's head... using the Baptist's head to keep the true Christ's (John the Baptist's) spirit in thrall, he forced the Baptist's spirit to perform miracles, for which the Antichrist (Jesus) took credit. The subsequent religion which grew up around this Satanic figure (Jesus) is the method by which the Antichrist damns all souls to Hell... according to the Gospels of the Mandean Swamp Kurds of Iraq.
Between the Nag Hammadi texts; Dead Sea Scrolls and Gnostic Gospels there are something like 16 different disciples. These texts can't even agree on the twelve disciples names.
Sometimes Judas is Jesus' twin brother.
Sometimes Thomas is Jesus' twin brother.
Sometimes Judas takes Jesus' place on the cross.
Sometimes Thomas takes Jesus' place on the cross.
Sometimes Jesus' body is crucified, but his spirit separates from his physicality and survives.
Sometimes Jesus rises from the dead, sometimes he doesn't.
Sometimes Jesus is taken off the cross before he dies and merely recovers, then goes into exile.
Sometimes Jesus ascends into heaven, sometimes he doesn't.
Sometimes Jesus is the Antichrist, and John the Baptist is the true Christ.
Sometimes Mary Magdalene is Jesus' wife, she even ascends into heaven daily for a conjugal visit.
Sometimes Mary Magdalene is the chief disciple.
Sometimes Buddha is crucified.
Sometimes Jesus is the reincarnation of Buddha.
ALL of these texts have the same or better provenance than ANY of the canonical gospels... they can't all be right.
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