Imagine sitting in a scorching Tunisian desert, splicing footage of comedians nailed to crosses, whistling a jaunty tune as they mock death. For Julian Doyle, editor on Monty Python's Life of Brian, that moment forty years ago sparked a quest that could upend two millennia of belief. Now, armed with AI, he insists the world's central religious story got it catastrophically wrong.
The 83-year-old filmmaker is no stranger to deep historical dives, having worked on iconic projects like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Time Bandits, and Brazil, claims the Romans executed a rebel named Judas the Galilean, not Jesus. After feeding nearly 100 biblical anomalies into top AI models, he says the machines have validated his theory. 'The machines agree: the Church crucified the wrong man,' he declares.
