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.
See now we have a very common misconception of God. If you think God is the cause of all your troubles then there is a problem. If you think God is the cause of your joy you might have a misconception.
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There aren't any misconceptions here..I mean that's why churchs have so many members..People are worried about what GOD could do for them. It's like that for almost EVERY religion. People worship GOD because they want to live wonderful lives and go on to heaven where they could live like kings/queens forever. That's what it's about right?
I don't have the time to find the verses..but in the Bible and other holy scriptures it does have lines where it supports slavery..
I'm talking about a misconception of who God IS. Not the things we do for him/her/it.
And the biblical scriptures are simply your or someones interpretation of the words in the Bible. Someone probably interpreted it like that to justify themselves to be right.
See now we have a very common misconception of God. If you think God is the cause of all your troubles then there is a problem. If you think God is the cause of your joy you might have a misconception.
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There aren't any misconceptions here..I mean that's why churchs have so many members..People are worried about what GOD could do for them. It's like that for almost EVERY religion. People worship GOD because they want to live wonderful lives and go on to heaven where they could live like kings/queens forever. That's what it's about right?
I don't have the time to find the verses..but in the Bible and other holy scriptures it does have lines where it supports slavery..
I'm talking about a misconception of who God IS. Not the things we do for him/her/it.
And the biblical scriptures are simply your or someones interpretation of the words in the Bible. Someone probably interpreted it like that to justify themselves to be right.
You guys are open minded huh??? So how many of you have read the bible or at least are trying to understand it??
I've read the Bible plenty in the past. I am familiar with tons of scriptures spanning both Testaments. No I don't read the Bible daily. The last time I wanted to read the Bible for myself was probably 4 years ago. But since then I have still been in touch with plenty of scriptures.
I have no problem reading the Bible. I actually wanted to read some Bible texts in the near future to see if I could come to a completely different interpretation. One that made more sense to me because I am sure alot of the stories are symbolism.
Also I stopped reading the Bible because I found out who the true authors were and people who promote the Bible usually promote that and nothing else.
Honestly I have learned more in the last 8 months reading various books from a variety of authors than I did in 16 years reading the Bible. I have read the Bhagavad Gita, the Tao Te Ching, an interpretation of the Gnostic gospels, I read the Gospel of Buddha which is a large book that spans his ministry, and I've read 3 1/2 books on the Vedas which I found to be the supreme of all religious texts. The Hindu religion is like 2 percent of the Vedas, they are huge. Have you read any of these or anything similar? All of this was like 6 months ago and since then I have read other texts that have given me a firmer grip on reality.
If the Bible is someone's "interpetation" how do we know if any of the things in the Bible are true or not?
How do yo know its not true??? hmmmm...
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Bible does have claims you can look into with archaeology … Things like perhaps the Jews being enslaved by the Egyptians, which looks like most of the archaeology now says that probably never happened..
need I go on?
Why all the confusion? Shouldn't anything that is "divinely inspired" be crystal clear?
Did Noah build an ark big enough to hold all those animals? Did Moses part the Red Sea? Did Jesus even exist? I mean the Bible is as factual as the National Enquirer.
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:
