Perseus, the killer of Medusa, for one, was born to Danae, whom Zeus impregnated through a "shower of gold." Hercules, too, was born from Zeus and an earthly mother named Alcmene. These stories date to at least the 3rd century BCE.
Hmmm, do you think that just maybe your own religion is merely built from the ideas that other religions had long before yours existed?
2007-07-30 04:07:41 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yep, and the similarities do not stop there. how about the fact that the first few gods including the egyptian and persian gods that existed way way before judaism and christianity, were born on december 25th, the god mithra died and resurrected on the 3rd day and they celebrate this at the same time christians celebrate easter. Hmmmm.... amazing what you discover when you explore the history of christianity
jeremiah: the prophecy was probably borrowed from other religions too. There is no proof of a jesus who was of virgin birth. There is no proof of walking on water, turning water into wine. Plus jesus is not the only guy who claimed to do that. Many prophets in the 300-500BC-AD claimed to have performed the very same miracles. And if this guy jesus did exist, why is there no other mention of him in any other text other than the bible?
2007-07-30 04:13:09 · answer #1 · answered by uz 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
"The Jesus Mysteries," by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy, is a great book for explaining all that. Dying and resurrecting man-gods, representing the daily and yearly cycle of the sun, abound in mythology. Mithras, who predated Jesus by hundreds of years, went by titles such as Savior, Prince of Peace, and the Good Shepherd. There are images of Bacchus hanging on a cross, again predating Christianity and having nothing to do with Jesus. The image of the mother and child goes back thousands of years to ancient Egypt. Miraculous births are a popular theme--Mithras is said, in some versions of the story, to have been born of a virgin, and in others to have come from a rock. In the earliest traditions--and in some modern ones--Jesus is shown as having been born in a cave, which again is a theme long predating the Christian faith. Baptism, crucifixion, the 12 disciples, miracles, the teachings, all are to be found in stories from older myths. Bacchus turned water into wine long before Jesus ever did it!
Christians pretend that their beliefs are somehow unique, as if their religion invented them all on a single night out of nothing. When the truth is known, it is obvious that their beliefs are recycled from other religions much older than their own. The Gnostic Christians--whose history was almost completely wiped out by the intolerant literalists --understood the myths as allegories that hid much deeper meanings of life, morality, and creation, meanings which the modern-day Christians completely miss in their insistence that the Bible is literal history.
2007-07-30 04:28:47 · answer #2 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's the big deal with virgin birth anyway ? On a world wide basis it probably happens many times a year.
2007-07-30 04:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
not to mention Mithras. It's no new idea that an important religious figure be considered "pure" and part of that definition is not to be conceived by a male/female union. In my opinion, the male/female union is quite pure, especially when love is at it's heart.
"shower of gold" huh? Kinky!
2007-07-30 04:15:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Alcemene was not a virgin birth. She and Zeus had a love affair.
2007-07-30 04:10:49 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
actually the christian religion is built from ideas from others and they put their own little twist to it too..that was very interesting you mentioned "virgin births" in the greek religion. i think only christians came up with that idea.well now i know where the got the "virgin birth" idea from
2007-07-30 04:12:24 · answer #6 · answered by mindy 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Athena is considered a virgin birth of sorts as well
2007-07-30 04:10:17 · answer #7 · answered by ~Heathen Princess~ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
primoa1970 obviously doesnt understand the difference between AD and BC!
hahaha.
2007-07-30 04:15:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the only difference is that Greeks LOVED sex...and lots of it, in all shapes and forms.
2007-07-30 04:15:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah probably, so what?
Belief is powerful, no matter what it is in. Leave the Christians alone. It is tiresome.
2007-07-30 04:11:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋