The images of Jesus are so much those of Apollo. Jesus was not necessarily tall and blond, Apollo was. The halo is directly a reference to the association of Apollo and the sun.
The Christians simply lifted and adapted what was already present and tarted it up (like adding 'eternal life').
The religion of the the Olympians is so much more appealing than the species specific Christian nonsense. Come on you Pagans!
2006-10-27 03:58:56 · 11 answers · asked by lykovetos 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Yes, but what about this: The Spanish pronunciation of Jesus sounds like "Hey Zeus!" which is the beginning of the holy prayer to Zeus.
Moreover, the Christian practice of baptism comes from the ancient Greek prank of suddenly emersing a wannabe disciple's head in water so he thrashes around and freaks out and nearly drowns and then the Greek wise guy says "When you want my wisdom as you want air then you be my student!" Christians got baptism from the Greeks not from the Bible.
2006-10-27 04:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lol. I have to say, Apollo is sexier. And then there's the thought that Jesus was actually Osiris, which has some truth probably. Gods have been rising from the dead for centuries, certainly long before Christianity, but then, there's not much originality in any religion.
2006-10-27 04:02:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually if you ever become an historian, you will find that many cultures and religion adopted the trinity -- the idea of father, mom, and child. ..... one of the most important is Egypt -- Osiris, Isis, and Horus. Much of the Book of the Dead (really better translated as "the book of going forth by day" found its way into the bible -- the beattitudes come from it, as does the prayer "...though I walk thru the valley of the shadow of death...."
2006-10-27 06:03:26 · answer #3 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer Apollo------the Greeks were not problems to the Jews living among them.
And, you are correct------------many of the things in Christianity are taken from the Greeks and the Romans. The church knew what the people would accept, and catered Christianity to them.
2006-10-27 04:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by Shossi 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is because nothing in Christianity is original everything from the day you go to church to Christmas so that does not suprise me that the pictures of them look so close. the reason for this is that the roman emporers had to adapt so they changed stuff to correspond with the earlier pagan religions
2006-10-27 05:23:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok... but you know, Zeus raped his sister and forced her to marry him.... Then he went on to rape someone else and then ate one of his kids... So if you wanted to go with the religion of the Olympians, You would really have to include Zeus in that seeing as how Zeus helped in defeating the Olympians... And I'm not up for worshiping Zeus... Not At ALL!
2006-10-27 04:07:14 · answer #6 · answered by ~*Kristen*~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there was a picture of Jesus anywhere from the past. What you see "Jesus" is a figment of imagination by people. They are call icons. Don't confused Christianity with Catholicism.
2006-10-27 04:02:05 · answer #7 · answered by Steve R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus cannot be apollos updated,those making Him look like apollo do that cos they do not know whom Christ was.as u said they are pagans.thank God he gave you that revelation.don't mind those pagans!
2006-10-27 04:07:51 · answer #8 · answered by ladeedeee 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Is there a question here? It sounds more like a statement to me.
2006-10-27 04:06:35 · answer #9 · answered by Concerned Citizen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
whatever floats your boat
2006-10-27 04:01:50 · answer #10 · answered by darkangel1111 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋