For the panel presentation, our article argues that Meursault is like Jesus, giving a lot of evidence based on his actions from the book. Camus himself wrote that he intended Meursault to be like Jesus...and yet Camus also intended Meursault to be existentialist.
The Question: If Meursault is Jesus, how could he also be existentialist? How is it possible to have an irreligious Christ figure?
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Having thought more about this issue and done more work with the panel presentation article, I have a thought as to the answer to the above question. I think that Meursault and Jesus share the same type of mission (amongst many other similarities): to spread the truth about the nature of the world. Meursault's mission is to spread an ironically irreligious existentialist philosophy, whereas in Jesus's case, it is to spread a suitably religious philosophy of God/Son/Holy Spirit (depending on what you believe).
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