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11-06-2012, 09:32 PM
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Please Answer This Question
How is it that there are other cultures predating Christianity who have had;
The Son of God being born of a virgin on the earth... His birth place marked by a bright star... Had three wise men visit him in a manger... Grew up and was baptized by a baptizer.. Had 12 apostles... Instituted a sacred meal with bread and wine... Turned water into wine at a wedding... Gave a sermon on a mount... Walked on water... Was called the way, truth and the life, Alpha and Omega... Was killed by wicked unbelieving men... Descended into the lower worlds and preached freedom to the captives... Rose to life on the third day and ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father... (And much, much more.)
And yet Christian scholars will say that there is no connection between their Christ and the Christs of other older cultures; in fact, some scholars say that it is impossible that Christianity borrowed from any of these other cultures!!!  How can that even be????
Are we to believe that Jesus was a historical figure and did the exact same feats in reality that other mythological God-men did centuries before him in Allegorical tales.. and even gave the same messages and spoke the same words??? It seems pretty hard to swallow that Christianity did not borrow from these other cultures... How could the similarities be so great?
Your thoughts on this?
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11-06-2012, 10:01 PM
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Yes christianity is mainly made up of other belief systems, they are all woven in together and so we have the story of Jesus, this all happened at the time of Constantin around the third century.
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11-06-2012, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by psychoslice
Yes christianity is mainly made up of other belief systems, they are all woven in togetherand so we have the story of Jesus, this all happened at the time of Constantin around the third century.
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And why do you think that the Christian scholars deny this? |
11-06-2012, 10:19 PM
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Very interesting questions ~ and I am sure you will have a variety of interesting answers
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11-06-2012, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Mind's Eye
And why do you think that the Christian scholars deny this?
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Beacuse they believe that it never happened, so they are taught that it didn't happen, to agree that it did happen would put the whole organization out of business, to me personally it doesn't matter if it happened or not, I only see the spiritual meaning not the history, or literal side of the stories.
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11-06-2012, 10:42 PM
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Its because it kinda worked out that way.
Thinking too much about stuff like that is just going to spoil today with mental anguish.
Go have fun and dont worry,because we only have 24 hours today. (One of jesus beatitudes and commands). He wasn't worried about it!
This is one time you really should listen to Jesus teachings.
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11-06-2012, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by lightworkerAu
Its because it kinda worked out that way.
Thinking too much about stuff like that is just going to spoil today with mental anguish.
Go have fun and dont worry,because we only have 24 hours today. (One of jesus beatitudes and commands). He wasn't worried about it!
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And what would cause that anguish, fear of a belief not being true, like a child finding out that there is no father Xmas?.
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A belief system is nothing but poison to your capacity to understand. Good words are used to hide ugly things. – Osho
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11-06-2012, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by psychoslice
And what would cause that anguish, fear of a belief not being true, like a child finding out that there is no father Xmas?.
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That is a good question. When I used to challenge my parents literal Christian beliefs...they used to say the same thing. I have yet to figure out how truth causes anguish. I am supposing that the anguish is felt by those whose beliefs are being shown to be a myth or a clever story. |
11-06-2012, 11:01 PM
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Very interesting questions ~ and I am sure you will have a variety of interesting answers
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No doubt...  |
12-06-2012, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Mind's Eye
How is it that there are other cultures predating Christianity who have had;
The Son of God being born of a virgin on the earth... His birth place marked by a bright star... Had three wise men visit him in a manger... Grew up and was baptized by a baptizer.. Had 12 apostles... Instituted a sacred meal with bread and wine... Turned water into wine at a wedding... Gave a sermon on a mount... Walked on water... Was called the way, truth and the life, Alpha and Omega... Was killed by wicked unbelieving men... Descended into the lower worlds and preached freedom to the captives... Rose to life on the third day and ascended into heaven to sit at the right hand of the Father... (And much, much more.)
And yet Christian scholars will say that there is no connection between their Christ and the Christs of other older cultures; in fact, some scholars say that it is impossible that Christianity borrowed from any of these other cultures!!! How can that even be????
Are we to believe that Jesus was a historical figure and did the exact same feats in reality that other mythological God-men did centuries before him in Allegorical tales.. and even gave the same messages and spoke the same words??? It seems pretty hard to swallow that Christianity did not borrow from these other cultures... How could the similarities be so great?
Your thoughts on this? |
what other cultures are similar?
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