Responding to Jeremy Clarkson: Is Jesus a 'fraudster'?

John Stevens  |  Comment
Date posted:  14 May 2025
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Responding to Jeremy Clarkson: Is Jesus a 'fraudster'?

Clarkson recently called Jesus "the biggest fraudster of them all". Source: Wikimedia Commons

Jeremy Clarkson continues to have his usual column in The Sunday Times. His theme was internet scammers, and his message was if you want to scam, "Go big." It was written with his usually waspish irony.

He ended his column with this finale: "Go big. That's my message if you are considering becoming a celebrated conman. Take a lesson from the biggest fraudster of them all: Jesus. 'I can walk on water. My mum was a virgin and my dad's God. And I'm going to start an industry selling this guff that will last for 2,000 years.' Top man."

My first reaction was offence and surprise. Offence at what Clarkson said about Jesus, and surprise that either he or The Times would publish something that would obviously offend Christians. Would he have said the same as bluntly about the founders of other religions?

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