not just the Torah and the Essene writings. Do you?
2007-11-24 05:31:29 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Egyptian cult for example. He not only studied, but his initiation into the cult is in the bible. The "40" days in the wilderness is part of their initiation. Also, his baptism. There are others.
2007-11-24 05:40:36 · update #1
lol Why thank you, Shini.
2007-11-24 05:41:37 · update #2
Soul Shaper and Pantagruel, you are 100% correct.
2007-11-24 05:43:42 · update #3
Mo Pleasure, it is a plagiarism of the Horus cult. They are identical.
2007-11-24 06:45:39 · update #4
Athiest, I understand that. What I have looked at are the consistencies and when added together and then divided. You start to get a more whole picture. It may not be 100% conclusive, but enough to draw a picture for me.
2007-11-24 14:07:26 · update #5
You'll be surprised what you find out when you dig through history and connect the dots.
2007-11-24 07:20:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I did study other religions before I decided to devote myself to my relationship with Jesus Christ. However, I was not interested in finding the best religion "for me," but the truth. I am educated- a college professor, in fact- and have found that Christianity is the only answer with which I can wholeheartedly agree. This is true for a combination of reasons- what I've read and experienced, not just the words of others.
2016-05-25 05:23:28 · answer #2 · answered by bobby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The real question should be, did Jesus really exist? My understanding at present is, the story of Jesus was plagiarized from the Egyptian story of Horus.
2007-11-24 06:22:09 · answer #3 · answered by MoPleasure4U 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I disagree completely. As a religious Jew, Jesus was prohibited from reading, writing or speaking about such things. His parables and sayings strongly support the notion that He was well aquainted with the "oral tradition," which was later written as the Mishneh and the Talmud. However, there is no indication that Jesus spoke or taught about anything that didn't pertain to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
EDIT: You're quite incorrect to assume that Jesus' 40 days in the desert was a cultish initiation. This is very easily disproved if you do a simple search at Biblegateway.com for the words "forty days." If you read each and ever passage citing this time period, you'll see it was the number of days a person or group was tested by God.
2007-11-24 05:37:23 · answer #4 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 3⤊ 4⤋
existence ... ?
"study records" ... ?
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hard to say what conclusions can be drawn
there are contradictions available no matter which position is taken and which assumption is accepted
does it all devolve into a "theological popularity contest"?
something very unsatisfying about the concept
something like wanting to know who shot the poison arrow instead of taking it out and curing the wound
I have studied several.
2007-11-24 13:12:25 · answer #5 · answered by atheistforthebirthofjesus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well i have heard the speculative idea that Jesus was influenced by Buddhist thought in a variety of formats -
1.) He traveled to India (or near India).
2.) Buddhism, due to Asokha's influence, traveled to Persia.
Although I have to say, even as a Buddhist, i find the idea to be rather wacky if only due to the large distances that would be needed to make the journye.
But i'm curious - what other religions/philosophies are said to have been reviewed by the Nazarene?
2007-11-24 05:36:05 · answer #6 · answered by D.Chen 3 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Yes
To Mim Jesus did not use his divinity as a thing to be grasped. He was all human from birth to death. He did study as a child and as a rabbi debated with others.
Hebrews,Greeks and Romans knew about other religions. Some married unbelievers.
To Suzanne Jesus confronted the Pharisees and Sanhedrin about their religious practices. He did not conform to their teachings he rather exposed their hypocrisy.
2007-11-24 05:34:59 · answer #7 · answered by margherita 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
But, He did not agree or follow them. Otherwise, He would not have taught on the Kingdom of God the way He did, nor have been the Jew He was.
He understood other people's beliefs, but did not embrace them. He did use what they believed in order to teach them His way of salvation.
2007-11-24 05:37:46 · answer #8 · answered by TroothBTold 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Quite definitely! He studied an obscure Sufi sect that practiced bizarre ceremonies involving drugs like cannabis and opium. He faked the Resurrection using cannabis preparations.
2007-11-24 05:40:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Yes, he did. His family was unaware of his travels. He was not constrained by the dogmas and creeds of Judaism. He was/is much greater than that. He came so that he would "know" his people and that is everyone, not just a certain group or sect.
2007-11-24 05:37:35 · answer #10 · answered by Soul Shaper 5 · 2⤊ 3⤋