I know alot of people believe in the biblical character Jesus, but how about this. I was reading a book the other day and the author began to talk about the origins of Judaism and Christianity. Here is a summary of what he said.
The story of Jesus is a mythical story based on esoteric symbolism of the Sun God. Hence Jesus is the "Son of God". The crown of thorns that he wore on the cross is symbolic of the rays of Sun, and is also seen on the Statue of Liberty (which is another symbolic figure). The cross itself comes from the Egyptian Ankh, which represents life and light, the Sun.
The trinity Jesus-God-Holy Spirit parallels many other mythical stories such as Horus-Osiris-**** (Egypt). Similarities between Horus and Jesus?
Jesus was the way, the truth and the life. Horus was the truth and the life.
Both the Good Shephard
Both were the lamb
Both are identified with a cross
Both were baptised at 30
Jesus was child of a virgin, Mary. Horus was the child of a virgin, ****.
The birth of both are marked by a star
Both were the child teacher in the temple
Jesus had 12 disciples. Horus had 12 followers
Jesus was the Morning Star. Horus was the Morning Star.
Jesus was the Christ. Horus was the Krst
Jesus was tempted on a mountain by Satan. Horus was tempted on a mountain by Set (Egyptian god of darkness, hence sun-Set)
Jesus was said to be judge of the ****. This was also said about ****, Krishna, Buddha, Ormuzd, Osiris, Aeacus and others.
Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, the first and last. So was Krishna, Buddha, Lao-Kiun Bacchus, Zeus and others.
Jesus performed miracles like healing the sick, raising the ****. So did Krishna(Hindu), Buddha, Zoroaster, Bochia, Horus, Osiris, Serapis, Marduk, Bacchus, Hermes and others.
Jesus was born of royal blood. So was Buddha, Rama, Fo-hi, Horus, Hercules, Bacchus, Perseus and others.
Jesus was born to a virgin. So was Krishna, Buddha, Lao-kiun, Confusius, Horus, Ra, Zoroaster, Prometheus, Perseus, Apollo, Mercury, Baldur, Quetzalcoatl (Mexican not mayan though) and far more.
Jesus will be born again. So will Krishna, Vishnu, Buddha, Quetzalcoatl and others.
The story of Jesus was created/recycled and used as a tool to enslave people's minds through a dictatorial religion, Christianity. This religion is not unique in any way.
The twelve disciples are symbolism for the twelves solar bodies (yes there are twelve) and twelve astrological signs. 12 is all over the place.
During Easter, the summer solstice, the sun begins to stay out shorter and shorter until its shortest length of time in December. Jesus was born on December 25th. It takes the Sun three days to recover from the winter solstice from December 21st/22nd to December 25th. He dies in March on Easer. Hence Jesus died and rose on the third day. The same length of time it took the Babylon Son of God, Tammuz to rise again.
Also March is during the astrological sign of Aries, the Ram or... the lamb.
Jesus is associated with the fish because that is when he was supposed to have been born. During the entering of the astrological house of Pisces not the sign. Astrological houses last somewhere around 2000+ years. We are now entering the house of Aquarious.
The Christian religious day is... SUNday.
The author then speaks about who the true authors of the New Testament are. Let me assure you they are not Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Peter, Paul or any of these Biblical characters.
As a matter of fact there is no documentation of anybody by these names ever to have been in these places at this time outside of the Bible. There is nobody named Pontius Pilate except in the Bible.
There is no written history of anybody named Moses, King David, King Solomon or most of the Biblical characters you read about except in the Bible. These are characters aer more symbolism that I could get into.
I have no problem with anybody's religious beliefs I just think it's necessary to do the research before you make that comittment.
So did Jesus really live? Or is he a biblical character that has been created and so hyped up that the whole world accepts him as LORD without looking at background information. Jesus was a duplicate, myth, and he has been used to control the populations to this day. Have you ever thought about where these religions came from? and why is Bush claiming to be a Christian? And why have so many wars been started in the past because of religion? And why was there centuries of Dark Ages when knowledge was suppressed because of religion? And why were so many people slaughtered at the inquisition because of RELIGION? It's because religion is a tool, a quite effective one at that.
Let me first start off by saying...Religion (whatever yours maybe) is needed to help mankind get through their problems and worries...with that said....I took a world religions class last semester and all the things about Krishna, Confucius, Arjuna, and so on were taught and it was taught that they all inter-related...so it can't be said that one is real and the rest are false...what you also have to understand is that these different religions were evolved based on the problems of the people and the knowledge they had about the world at that time. So yes Christianity did arise from another religion and so did many others...but the whole thing with religion is FAITH...that's why religion is a belief...you must believe in whatever your religion teaches...it's not so much based on proof cause...who can prove JESUS raising from the ****...who can prove that because the Egyptians praised Krishna the sun rose everyday...NO ONE...so why argue about religion...believe what you believe...witness to unbelievers and believers alike...the TRUTH will always reign...
I love JESUS and GOD but i also know that there are others that may love MUHUMMAD or ALLAH or MARY....so we must remember that while you are tryin to show people the TRUTH if you offend them you're defeated from the start!!!
She typed up exactly the way I feel so now I dnt have to. Cosign... :wink: :arrow:
The meaning of the word "pagan" (like many other words) has changed vastly over history. The original Pagans were known as the "Pre-Christains". Paganism was out way before Christianity. In fact, it appears that Christianity borrowed or re-played (since history repeats itself) some of the Pagan myths (myth in this sense meaning "a typically ancient story that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world".......the meaning of that word seemed to have also changed :? ).
Easter and Christmas were originally Pagan holidays celebrating the birth and rebirth of one of the Pagan gods. The hanging of a Christmas tree is also a Pagan tradition. In fact, someone showed me a verse directly from the Bible which acknowledges this (I know it's in the Old Testament, but, I don't remember which passage it is......but if you read the book in its entirety, you'll come across it :wink: ). In the passage, God commands his followers to "not be like the foolish Pagans and chop down a tree and stand it up with a post and dress it up with decorations"......sound familiar :idea: When I read that I was like ....it's clearly in the Bible, so why do people still do this. I blame this on a few things:
1. people who are too lazy to read the entire book so they simply let their pastor dictate it to them,
2. people who simply read what they want to read out of it
3. people who pick and choose which "words" they will listen to and which of the laws they will uphold.......like it's "a la carte" or something :?
I don't think the creator of this post is trying to change anyone's religion......I doubt someone's typing on the net alone can undo however many years people have been believing what they are believing :? (and if it can, there's something wrong). But, some people are unreceptive and very dismissive to ideas that challenge what they believe (or have been taught in some cases :? ).
If a person believes (keep in mind the definition of the word "belief") in something so much that they refuse to question it........isn't that a type of mind control :?:
Laws of the land were used as mind control throughout history and still are today. Slavery was once legal. If our ancestors who were born here just accepted a life of servatude without question because it was all they knew and it was the law.......then YES, it is a form of mind control. That's why we have the court systems in this country. If people feel that laws are not fair or just not applicable for the changing times, then they can challenge them.
The meaning of the word "pagan" (like many other words) has changed vastly over history. The original Pagans were known as the "Pre-Christains". Paganism was out way before Christianity. In fact, it appears that Christianity borrowed or re-played (since history repeats itself) some of the Pagan myths (myth in this sense meaning "a typically ancient story that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world".......the meaning of that word seemed to have also changed :? ).
Easter and Christmas were originally Pagan holidays celebrating the birth and rebirth of one of the Pagan gods. The hanging of a Christmas tree is also a Pagan tradition. In fact, someone showed me a verse directly from the Bible which acknowledges this (I know it's in the Old Testament, but, I don't remember which passage it is......but if you read the book in its entirety, you'll come across it :wink: ). In the passage, God commands his followers to "not be like the foolish Pagans and chop down a tree and stand it up with a post and dress it up with decorations"......sound familiar :idea: When I read that I was like ....it's clearly in the Bible, so why do people still do this. I blame this on a few things:
1. people who are too lazy to read the entire book so they simply let their pastor dictate it to them,
2. people who simply read what they want to read out of it
3. people who pick and choose which "words" they will listen to and which of the laws they will uphold.......like it's "a la carte" or something :?
I don't think the creator of this post is trying to change anyone's religion......I doubt someone's typing on the net alone can undo however many years people have been believing what they are believing :? (and if it can, there's something wrong). But, some people are unreceptive and very dismissive to ideas that challenge what they believe (or have been taught in some cases :? ).
If a person believes (keep in mind the definition of the word "belief") in something so much that they refuse to question it........isn't that a type of mind control :?:
Cosigns!!!! .. People claim to know so much about their religion and do so much research about this and that .. How can yall call him a Pagan when Christianity mimicked Paganism? .. Thats why I hate readin religious post .. Jamila .. Atheist and Pegan are two totally different beliefs I mean what are u really saying? .. And what are u basing ur high mighty belief off of? What ur mother told u? .. Id bet my life that if mommy told u that GOD didnt exist u would be an atheist .. **** u people are humerous .. Like Blaque Barbie said .. Nobody knows what really went on thats why u have to step out on faith and believe whatever u believe or were TOLD to believe for the majority of u .. And also learn to respect other peoples beliefs and religions .. Cuz its so easy for me to come on here and say that all the females on here who said they went to private .. christian .. or catholic schools come off as the biggest hoes and **** on the board .. Stop judgin other people for what they believe .. Just believe whatever u believe ....
Laws of the land were used as mind control throughout history and still are today. Slavery was once legal. If our ancestors who were born here just accepted a life of servatude without question because it was all they knew and it was the law.......then YES, it is a form of mind control. That's why we have the court systems in this country. If people feel that laws are not fair or just not applicable for the changing times, then they can challenge them.
The laws of the land are ridiculous. If you've seen Fahrenheit 9/11 you saw an actual Senator of the United States saying that they don't read the bills that will become future laws. "If we read all the bills do you know how long that would take?" is what he said. But we live by them, this planet is back-words.
Back to the religion.
Hot_coco and ChoklatPoet are on point. No wonder chocolate is my favorite!
So how it's starting to turn out, it looks as though the Christians are the closed minds so how can we reach them?
....it's clearly in the Bible, so why do people still do this. I blame this on a few things:
1. people who are too lazy to read the entire book so they simply let their pastor dictate it to them,
2. people who simply read what they want to read out of it
3. people who pick and choose which "words" they will listen to and which of the laws they will uphold.......like it's "a la carte" or something :?
I don't think the creator of this post is trying to change anyone's religion......I doubt someone's typing on the net alone can undo however many years people have been believing what they are believing :? (and if it can, there's something wrong). But, some people are unreceptive and very dismissive to ideas that challenge what they believe (or have been taught in some cases :? ).
If a person believes (keep in mind the definition of the word "belief") in something so much that they refuse to question it........isn't that a type of mind control :?: 
