Why are Christians so afraid of Jesus being a myth?

Question

How would it change your faith and the way you live your life if you viewed Jesus as mythological instead of a man?

There is strong evidence that Jesus never existed in the flesh, but was a branch of Mythraism (practiced in well established and stable form for 600 years before Jesus was supposedly born).

1. From a historical standpoint, Jesus's life can not be verified by any documents or first hand accounts written during the time he was supposed to be alive. (The bible is not a historical document, and even if it was, it was written 4 generations after Jesus's death).

2. Mythraism was well established in the area by 600 BCE. Mythra was born of a virgin on December 25th, visited by 3 wise men, was worshipped as the sun god made flesh, died to redeem men's souls on March 21st, and 3 days later was resurrected in a cave. The practices of his church, including baptism, communion with bread and wine, and no physical idols was established 600 years before the birth of Jesus.

I guess my main question is; why does it matter if Jesus was a historical figure or a myth? It seem like his teachings and message would be the same, your faith would be the same. Why are Christians so set on proving their mythology is based on fact? I don't know of any other religion that puts so much emphasis on proving their facts. If Jesus's name was Mythra, and he was born 600 years earlier, would it change the way you feel about Him?

Answer 1

No matter what anyone says, I believe Jesus Christ was not a myth.

Answer 2

Documents on Christ were written no longer than 5 years after his death. This was back when there were still eye-witnesses to confirm it. If it were false, it would have been rejected by society which it never was because people began converting even before Christ died. Evidence proves that Jesus was indeed a living person and existed. He lived during the time of Roman rule and that was not too long ago. 4 generations written later would be the Koran of the Islam faith. Get your facts straight before you start criticizing Christianity. You shouldn't even be criticizing to begin with. You believe what you want, we'll believe what we want.

Answer 3

First Jesus is not a myth. There is evidence that he existed as a man. What are you studying? Have you heard of the dead sea scrolls? There is plenty of documentation that has nothing to do with the bible. Most scholars believe in Jesus the man if not the living God. Mythraism is just mythology.
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Answer 4

Da Vinci Code: Fiction based on Fiction

Errors:

Error #5: Christianity borrowed its beliefs from the pagan religion of Mithraism. Mithraism worshiped the pre-Christian God Mithras, called the Son of God and Light of the World, who was born on December 25th, died, was buried in a rock tomb, and then resurrected in three days.



Scholars of Mithraism would strongly disagree with Brown on all of these points. Nowhere is Mithras given the title Son of God and the Light of the World. Brown apparently made this up because it sounded good. Mithras was born on December 25th, however this proves nothing. The New Testament never associated December 25th with the birth of Christ. The early Christians chose to celebrate the birth of Christ on this day intentionally to oppose the pagan mid-winter festival of Saturnalia. They never claimed Jesus was actually born on that date. The claim that Mithras died and was buried in a rock tomb is just not true. Scholars will tell you that in Mithraism there is no death of Mithras at all. So, there was no rock tomb and no resurrection.

Jesus Christ IS the Son of God. The Bible IS historical, there were plenty of eyewitnesses. But the real proof is what was accomplished through His death and resurrection. The millions of lives that have been changed through the power of God released by Him. The Holy Spirit is with us and in us. I doubt your Mithras had any real power at all, even in the myths.

Answer 5

Jesus historically has stood the constructive criticism of time.

Mythraism is simply unknown with little or no impact on humanity.

Jesus verse a mythical belief.

You decide which has changed the world. There stands the continual miracle of Jesus the Christ.

Answer 6

We Christians love Jesus, the father, and the Holy Spirit above all things. He is our savior, friend, brother, and father. He is all that there was and ever will be. We don't like it when you call the thing that means the most to us a myth. How would you like it if we called the person you like a myth. That they never existed and never will. Not a nice though is it?

Answer 7

In 1988 Pope John Paul ii missed a great opportunity to dismantle Christianity and all the Greek pagan stuff that he stood for but he was too stricken with Parkinson's Disease to get his message through to his guards and advisors who settled for the carbon dating of the Shroud of Turin and declaring it a Hoax, when John Paul ii really meant that the whole of Christianity be abandoned as the Hoax the Quran claims it to be.

And so the Vatican's Doctors assured his worsening in Parkinson's and helped him to slow wastage and slow euthanasia until the poor guy's heart could take no more and he died begging to take his shahadah and become Muslim.

Answer 8

...not even gonna read all you have written. Do some research. EVERY religion admits that Jesus lived and walked the face of the earth. They may not believe He was the Messiah....but they agree He lived.

Stop being a Sheeple...Baaaaahhhh! Have a unique thought.

Answer 9

From a historical stand point didn't Josephus talk about him or was he a myth also? And why would the Apostles need to lie about his exsistence? Anyone caught worshipping Christ around that time was put to death. Mythraism sounds more like a myth to me.

Answer 10

It's like the Matrix. A lot of people aren't ready to take the red pill. They would rather live in blissful ignorance than question the very foundation of their belief system.