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Jesus, 2000 years ago
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
Don't know if this is exactly true, but here it goes

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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you

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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
(July 26, 2014 at 12:01 pm)Blackout Wrote: Don't know if this is exactly true, but here it goes
Interesting...you admit you don't care about evidence regarding claims that reinforce your existing prejudices. Angel
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
(July 26, 2014 at 10:04 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I was thinking Jesus would have 'consented' to experience the crucifixion as everyone else did.

How can you kill a God without the God's consent ??


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Oh, my. Am I implying Jesus was suicidal?
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RE: Jesus, 2000 years ago
(July 26, 2014 at 1:32 pm)alpha male Wrote:
(July 26, 2014 at 12:01 pm)Blackout Wrote: Don't know if this is exactly true, but here it goes
Interesting...you admit you don't care about evidence regarding claims that reinforce your existing prejudices. Angel

Yeah, most of that stuff is over-stated. The fact is that the ANE had plenty of dying/resurrected vegetation gods and people like Acharya S. hurt their case by trying to tie every aspect of the much-later jesus story into them.

These gods/goddesses were invented to explain the changing of the seasons and that was an important consideration for agricultural societies of primitive men. There is no need to try to tie Dionysius and Tammuz and jesus together in too tight a yoke.

Quote: Male examples include the ancient Near Eastern, Greek, and Norse deities Baal,[7] Melqart,[8] Adonis,[9] Eshmun,[10] Tammuz,[11] Ra the Sun god with its fusion with Osiris/Orion,[12] Jesus, and Dionysus.[13] Female examples include Inanna/Ishtar, Persephone,[14] and Bari.

Jebus was the last in a long line of such bullshit gods.... and there is no need to give the jesus freaks an easy target for dismissal as the pictures above do.
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