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    The Jesus Twin
    The Jesus Twin
    The Jesus Twin
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    The Jesus Twin

    By Wright Forbucks

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    THE JESUS TWIN is a comic fiction short story about the nature of faith. Written by Wright Forbucks, the author of THE WALKING MAN, THE JESUS TWIN tells the story of two professors as they struggle to interpret three ancient scrolls that appear to be the Gospel According to Jessup, the younger brother of Jesus Christ.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWright Forbucks
    Release dateMar 4, 2013
    ISBN9781301761111
    The Jesus Twin
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    Wright Forbucks

    Wright Forbucks is a comic fiction writer. He is the author of the critically acclaimed THE WALKING MAN, EVEN STEVEN, BILLY GRIST, and THE GENERAL STORE. Mr. Forbucks lives in Boston. He is married with children and is a devout Red Sox fan.

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      The Jesus Twin - Wright Forbucks

      The Jesus Twin

      By Wright Forbucks

      A Short Story

      (7,000 words)

      Rated: PG-14

      Mild Profanity

      www.wrightforbucks.com

      Twitter: @wrightforbucks

      Email: wright4bucks@gmail.com

      Smashwords edition. © Wright Forbucks, 2012

      All rights Reserved.

      Table of Contents

      The Jesus Twin

      About the Author

      The Jesus Twin

      In 1962, in a cave in a land once known as Samaria, a crypt was discovered. Inside the crypt were three clay jars. Inside each jar was approximately two hundred grams of papyrus dust. Particle sizes varied. The largest fragments were eight millimeters in diameter. The majority of particles were the size of a pinhead. Using carbon dating, scholars concluded the papyrus was two thousand years old. For the next fifty years, the jars sat on a shelf in the semi-interesting-shit closet of the ancient history department of a venerable university located near the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

      This story is upon us due to a conversation between two colleagues, a proper classics professor who could read ancient texts and a Nobel laureate scientist, a man who figured out how to put Humpty Dumpty back together again. Together, it is fair to say, this odd couple discovered the most startling document in the brief history of mankind, The Gospel According to Jessup of Arimathea, the younger brother of Jesus Christ…

      Margaret, I love you, babe, but you could not be more wrong. If Jesus was really the Son of God he would have invented the Internet, or at least indoor plumbing.

      Matthew, the resurrection of Jesus is, without a doubt, the single most important event in the history of the world. There is eyewitness proof that Jesus rose from the dead.

      Give me an f'n break, Margy. The whole Jesus story is total bullshit. The guy ran his mouth and got crucified, end of story.

      Matthew, your problem is you simply do not understand faith. To you everything has to have an answer. Faith is what happens when humans need an answer to unanswerable questions. Faith is what keeps the gun out of our mouths.

      "Margy, pardon my French, but I can never figure

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