"You know, I am not sure why josepp is getting so much flack here. The concept that Shakespeare didn't exist, or that if he did he didn't author the plays, is nothing new under the sun. It certainly doesn't add up to trolling,"

A good example of why it IS trolling - since the Troll has sneakily conned you by switching this thread from the original delusional unresearched rantings about 'Hamlet & Xmas' over to an old staple about Shakespeare! :-)

"Foolestroupe is an example of what happens when diabetics stop taking their insulin. Get a grip, boy! People here just trying to have some fun. "

Having Some Fun ... A normal defamatory troll response! :-)

As someone who has many family members who did die from diabetes, (and some close friends also severely damaged by it, who could only really be described as having gone insane) I get tested very regularly, so I can be sure that I am not diabetic, but then you may only be projecting your own diabetic denial - talking about yourself, as I know that the micro strokes caused by excess sugar level seriously damage the brain rending even great intellects highly delusional (also denying their own diabetic status), as your inchoate gleeful mungling (for fun!) of facts displays, as does your rage at being exposed for your confusion.

"Then you go down in the catacombs and there are almost no New Testament scenes."

The 'New Testament' did not exist at that time - it was only after the Justinian Conspiracy (whne the Christians did not have to hide in the catacombs, but could meet openly safely), that the widely conflicting rabble of differing versions of various books were edited and assembled into a collection we now call the 'New Testament' - as a Political Act. Very few Jews in their homeland accepted the new party line at the time, a tiny sect hung on for a while. (Funnily enough the original Thomas, highly despised by the RC Church, went to India, where the remnants of his Version of Christianity still hangs on, despite persecution by The Roman Catholic Church...) Thanks to the Pauline Conspiracy, the Roman ruling heirachy realized that by seizing control of the new cult with a 'supreme being', they would outrank all the other Roman cults and control them.

"It's a wonder the Disney Corporation hasn't claimed authorship of Shakespeare's plays. "

Actually the creators of Biker Mice (based on Hamlet) eventually came to an agreement with Disney by pointing out that Disney had also pinched the plot of Hamlet for one of their very successful films (The Lion King) which Disney was trying to claim had been plagiarized by Biker Mice, I do believe ... :-)