For Real? Never have heard this theory before. Vid worth a watch it sounds like?
Absolutely!
Its a really interesting "theory" that explains the "lost" years and why he shows back up after a decade with a very contrarian point of view.
I think it's a little more complicated than the cliffs notes would seem. He traveled the silk road and (likely) encountered all kinds of different people and belief systems, which must have been mind blowing to a young teen that had lived a very constrained existence as a child. India was the end of that road and where he settled and studied for 5-6 years before making his way back home to share his enlightening.
By the bibles own accts he was kind of a shithead as a kid, troubled, not exactly getting along with Joseph or the culture he was in.
I also believe that most of "his" history in the 3 main religious texts is somewhat of an agreed upon lie that was carefully crafted and the real history is likely lost/buried forever.
When you find these isolated Christian sects in Africa and Asia they have a very different history of the man and their religion in general.
Be warned, it's a rabbit hole..
www.sahapediaexperiences.org
en.wikipedia.org
