Savior of the World Question?

Question

Why is it that most of the saviors of all religions are all the same? Most are born of a virgin, most are born on Dec. 25th, more were betrayed and persecuted, and most resurrected. Explain to me, why Jesus is different, especially when his story is the latter of most other faiths.
Tell me why... what is your reason....

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Answer 1

the birth of all these prophets on dec. 25 th is actually a metaphor for the birth of the SUN , on the 22nd 23rd and 24th the sun gets lower and lower in the evening sky , on the 25 th of dec. it marks the time when ancient astromaners would say the sun is dying ( hence the Sun rose after being dead for 3 days another analogy) and on the 25 it begins to rise ( as if from the dead ,interesting huh?) 1 degree upward igniting hope in the ancient people that the days will begin to get longer as opposed to the previous 3. dec. 25th is an ancient holiday celebrating the birth of the sun not the son of god however it was linked to stories not lost on ancients ,, it was a very special day for them unfortunatley it was lost on our modern civilization and very few people realize it. zeitgeist (2007) go watch the movie

Answer 2

Do you not believe the Bible? Check out Lee Strobel's book, "A Case For Christ". Very objective and well researched. No other "savior" claimed to be God in the flesh, and Jesus gives us plenty of reasons to believe this to be true.

Answer 3

Biblical scholars guess that Jesus was born either in the late fall or early spring because the account given in the book of Luke mentions that shepherds were out in the field with their flocks. During the winter the shepherds would not have been out in the fields and so the idea that Jesus was born at the end of December is not supported by the Bible.

The tradition of celebrating the birth of Jesus on December 25th came about when Christianity became the official religion of Rome and that date is supposed to have been picked in order to draw pagans away from their winter holy days. Therefore we see that Dec 25th was a day celebrated by many pagans which is why it was picked for the Christmas celebration day and was not a part of the original story of Jesus.

As to a virgin birth, the account in Genesis 3 hints at this when God said a child would be born of the "seed of the woman" and was later plainly stated around 650 bc by the prophet Isaiah. If the first man and woman created heard God tell the serpent or "shining one" as the Hebrew word means that

" I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel."

then there is every reason to believe that the idea of a Savior born of a virgin would have echoed down the ages and been changed as humanity spread out to fill the earth and different cultures formed.

As to the resurrection of "saviors" compare the evidence with that for the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Here's one link that you might want to read at least the beginning of as it's rather long from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law shools web site.

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/jesus/greenleaf.html

Then you might want to consider this perceptive observation made by Napoleon and instead of thinking about Napoleon alone ask your self what valid parallels there are between Jesus on the one hand and the other "saviors" who were supposedly resurrected and Napoleon.

Napoleon expressed these thoughts while he was exiled on the rock of St. Helena. There, the conqueror of civilized Europe had time to reflect on the measure of his accomplishments. He called Count Montholon to his side and asked him, "Can you tell me who Jesus Christ was?" The count declined to respond. Napoleon countered:

Well then, I will tell you. Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and I myself have founded great empires; but upon what did these creations of our genius depend? Upon force. Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions will die for Him.... I think I understand something of human nature; and I tell you, all these were men, and I am a man: none else is like Him; Jesus Christ was more than man.... I have inspired multitudes with such an enthusiastic devotion that they would have died for me.... but to do this it was necessary that I should be visibly present with the electric influence of my looks, my words, of my voice. When I saw men and spoke to them, I lighted up the flame of self-devotion in their hearts.... Christ alone has succeeded in so raising the mind of man toward the unseen, that it becomes insensible to the barriers of time and space. Across a chasm of eighteen hundred years, Jesus Christ makes a demand which is beyond all others to satisfy; He asks for that which a philosopher may seek in vain at the hands of his friends, or a father of his children, or a bride of her spouse, or a man of his brother. He asks for the human heart; He will have it entirely to Himself. He demands it unconditionally; and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful! In defiance of time and space, the soul of man, with all its powers and faculties, becomes an annexation to the empire of Christ. All who sincerely believe in Him, experience that remarkable, supernatural love toward Him. This phenomenon is accountable; it is altogether beyond the scope of man's creative powers. Time, the great destroyer, is powerless to extinguish this sacred flame; time can neither exhaust its strength nor put a limit to its range. This is it, which strikes me most; I have often thought of it. This is which proves to me quite convincingly the Divinity of Jesus Christ.

I would guess that the life of Napoleon has influence on things that happen today than the stories about other resurrected saviors and none of them comes close to having the impact that Jesus' life, death and resurrection continues to have after nearly 2,000 years.