Religion - Christianity - Copycat Christs
It's All Been Done Before
Prior to the story of Jesus, other Gods had been worshipped with a lot in common with the story of Jesus
This is a collection of God/Son of God myths that happened BEFORE the story of Jesus.
Overview:
There are not many religious topics that are more controversial than that covered in this section.
Below is taken from Religous Tolerance
| Most conservative Christians believe that God inspired the authors of the Bible to write material that is inerrant -- without error. Thus the Gospels and other books in the Christian Scriptures (New Testament) are completely accurate in their description of Jesus as Lord and Savior, 100% God and 100% human. |
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| Most progressive Christians believe that much material in the Christian Scriptures is actually folklore -- myths that grew up around the memory of Jesus during the 40 to 70 years between his execution and the writing of the Gospels. During that interval, stories about Jesus' magical powers, his supernatural origins, etc. accumulated to produce a mixture of Yeshua, the itinerate teacher / native healer and Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior. |
Topics covered in this section:
| A comparison of beliefs about Jesus' life events by Christians and others |
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| Introduction: were events in Jesus' life copied from others? |
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| Similarities between Christianity and Paganism; reasons; implications |
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| Links between Jesus and Semitic or Indo-European heroes |
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| Links between Jesus and other god-men & saviors: |