>>507557976Nag Hammadi texts rob you of even that pyrrhic victory. The texts left out of the Bible tell the ehole story, the real story. That Jesus was an extraordinary man, but a man nonetheless, that he ventured out at a young age and studied among several Mystery Schools, becoming an adept in them. He returns, starts preaching this sacred knowledge, and the trouble starts when he tries to convert the Jews, knowing what dark path they were on. They have him crucified, he survives, and escapes to France with Mary Magdalene.
The rest is fairly obvious based on recorded Roman history
300 years later, Jews see these Sacred teachings gaining steam, so they construct an ostensibly political edifice known as the Church, and use it to seek out and destroy the very Mystery Schools of which Jesus was an adept. And they got to work annihilating all of the groups practicing Jesus' true teachings. Leaving only the most mindlessly devout, spiritually devoid alive.
Mystery Schools became Secret Societies, most of which have long since been infiltrated or eradicated.