Who are the other saviors of the time period?

Question

Appallonius of tyrana- first century. claimed by his followers that he could walk through walls, miracles, healed the sick, persecuted for his beliefs, brought to trial by roman courts, was killed, ascended back to heaven

let me list some of the other ones
dionysus (born of virgin, son of god, turned water into wine etc)
osiris
opherus
attis
devatat
beddru
balder

any questions? ;x

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dp5/talisman.jpg


this is the tablet that shows the crusifixtion of dionysus.

Answer 1

Nice one, good for you that you listed some of your personal saviors... May they save you from the fires of hell. But as for me and my house, Jesus is the savior ALONE!

Answer 2

This isnt really an answer to the question but I often wondered if what we know today as "mythology" was really the same thing being done for the Gentiles that was done for the Jews. Preparing them for the coming of the Messiah (Christ) but the Greeks/Romans recorded it differently? Many mythological stories are so similar to Jesus, it makes me wonder if they were also being told about His coming and were maybe telling the prophecies in a different way? Sorry... just pondering out loud :)

Answer 3

There is a huge difference between a pagan tale, and in this case, possibly a prophecy, and a Church with 2 billion people. Any questions?

It SHOULD make you consider your skepticism, BUT, you may just think the Bible is made up.

Answer 4

Here is a list of 16 similar gods.

http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/jesus_similar.html

Oh right, these god were just the same because they were telling about jesus. Or maybe he just copied them, cause that is how people thought of gods.

2Billion Christians? I think not. 1.3 Billion is the highest estimate I have seen. 5 billion people can't be wrong!

Answer 5

Is this question about Prince's girls, or Rush Tunes? You need to check out the early Rush epics.They have that Dionysus thing down.

Answer 6

Chrishna of Hindostan, Budha Sakia of India, Salivahana of Bermuda, Zulis (or Zhule), Osiris and Orus, of Egypt, Odin of the Scaudinavians, Crite of Chaldea, Zoroaster and Mithra of Persia, Baal and Taut, "the only Begotten of God," of Phenicia, Indra of Thibet, Bali of Afghanistan, Jao of Nepaul, Wittoba of the Bilingonese, Thammuz of Syria, Atys of Phrygia, Xaniolxis of Thrace, Zoar of the Bonzes, Adad of Assyria, Deva Tat, and Sammonocadam of Siam, Alcides of Thebes, Mikado of the Sintoos, Beddru of Japan, Hesus or Eros, and Bremrillah, of the Druids, Thor, son of Odin, of the Gauls, Cadmus of Greece, Hil and Feta of the Mandaites, Gentaut and Quexalcote of Mexico, Universal Monarch of the Sibyls, Ischy of the Island of Formosa, Divine Teacher of Plato, Holy One of Xaca, Fohi and Tien of China, Adonis, son of the virgin Io of Greece, IxiOn and Quirinus of Rome, Prometheus of Caucasus, Mohamud, or Mahomet, of Arabia, and Simon Magus are a few you may want to add to your list...

There are other "saviors" in history that were born of virgins, had miraculous powers, were crucified, and returned from the dead besides Apollonius. Most of their life stories, like the life of Apollonius, were meticulously recorded during their lifetimes, unlike the life of Christ, whose story was not written down until several decades after his death.

The main problem with Apollonuis is simply that Apollonius was born after Jesus, but began his ministry before Christ. The timelines of their lives are so entertwined that Christians have been able to conjure up lies about the role of Apollonius and simply write him off as a false messiah, in spite of the fact that history has shown Christ's miracles actually came after those of Apollonius. Then, of course, theres the small matter of Apollonius being a pagan savior, and having nothing to do with the Jews or Jehovah. By discrediting Apollonius as a savior at all, Christians have been able to prolong the charade that their savior is the only one.

However, one can simply look to farther back in the historical record to find undeniable evidence that Christs story is hardly unique. Chrishna's history can be related to that of Christ in over 300 ways. However, Chrishna lived some 1600 years BEFORE Jesus, which makes it much more difficult to discredit him as a false messiah. When comparing their life stories, it is instantly clear that Jesus was a "Johnny-come-lately".

Jesus Christ is nothing more than the last in a long line of men throughout the world who were crucified as saviors. There have been at least 16 men with similar life stories crucified prior to Christ. Those 16 men share the same story. Their births were heralded by a star, they were born of virgins, they had miraculous powers, they were called the son of God, they healed the sick, they raised the dead, they were crucified, AND resurrected, etc, etc..

Hope that helps.
-SD-

Answer 7

Egyptian and Greek mythology - how were they saviors - one turned into a pine tree at his death? kids and seeds from a tree of Zeus?

Yet here we have Jesus with doctrines written down that have been proven accurate according to historians and on the other hand stories and fables....oh don;t forget statutes lots of those...

That's whats in my head ;>

Answer 8

God is the only saviour, He saved us through Jesus christ and other don't have anything to offer

Answer 9

Talk about needing proof that someone actually existed. Lay it on me.

Answer 10

You forgot Mithras!