2007-01-13 18:20:54 · 11 answers · asked by doctorhector 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, some of the Jesus story seems to be borrowed and blended with older, similar stories, such as Egyptian occult religions and hinduism. Look up Appolonious of Tyana, he is really interesting in how he relates to the formation of christianity. Also, look for "The God who wasn't there" on google video, or rent it, it deals with the subject.
2007-01-13 18:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It is historical (for instance, Josephus talks a lot about Him).
Regarding the supposed "copycat" theories, if you look further, there are not such. Even if there were similarities, remember that in Gen. 3 God told the serpent that the seed of the woman was to bruise her head!
Anyway, for instance, regarding the virgin birth, as Glenn Miller cites from a scholar (link below, the article is large, so better do a find on the page for "virgin birth"): "In short, there is no clear example of virginal conception in world or pagan religions that plausibly could have given first-century Jewish Christians the idea of the virginal conception of Jesus."
2007-01-14 02:30:04 · answer #2 · answered by Joshua 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You mean virgin birth - Ishtar (Easter) - Isis - New Testament writers borrowed from the literature of ancient paganism. There were many virgin-birth stories, and that the ones in the Gospel accounts are no different from the others. Herein lies another 2000 year old case of plagiarism in the first century of the early Christian movement. This mother and son relationship was universal among pagan nations. Each nation would have their own name for their gods and goddesses, but they all adopted each others concepts. This was mainly due to one nation conquering another, and absorbing each other's cultures. Later, this pagan culture was absorbed into the (un)holy Roman Empire, and ultimately by the Roman catholic church. Notice the similarity between the catholic Madonna (Mary) and the Egyptian Madonna (Isis). This is common knowledge.
2007-01-14 03:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How would you define "someone else's" if it was a real person, why would it matter if they changed the name and why would it matter in the least?... Now if that someone else happened to have been named Jesus (his death was recorded by some independant roman scholar) had his life embelished a bit, based upon various things such as reffering to God as his "father", that would make a bit more sense...
2007-01-14 02:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by yelxeH 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
False.<><
2007-01-14 02:24:27 · answer #5 · answered by funnana 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's a major possibility since the bible is as old as it was. If you could direct me to where you read that I would appreciate it greatly. I'm down for the edu.
2007-01-14 02:26:07 · answer #6 · answered by *Chinisu* 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, it bares a lot of similarities to other myths. Who knows if Jesus ever existed?
2007-01-14 02:25:55 · answer #7 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Certain aspects of his life, his death and resurrection for example, were taken from other older stories of other religions
2007-01-14 02:25:03 · answer #8 · answered by Nemesis 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People can write whatever they want So what Don't believe it
2007-01-14 02:29:37 · answer #9 · answered by devora k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-01-14 02:26:48 · answer #10 · answered by gwhiz1052 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋