(September 21, 2015 at 5:27 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(September 21, 2015 at 5:21 pm)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Well this latest attempt has failed. Agreed Osiris isn't the best example but other posters her have shown a few. Dionysus is another, born of immaculate conception between Zeus and Semele. He was later cast to the Titans by hera and revived after he died. Hell he even returned Semele to life. So sorry man but it seems it was not a unheard of narrative in the Hellenistic world.
And elsewhere, I have posted quotes from Dr. Yamauchi, a recognized expert in the field of middle-eastern pagan religions who has spent his entire academic career examining these so-called "dying and rising gods".
Not only is there every reason to believe that the pagans actually took their beliefs from Christianity in the second century and later, but there are no legitimate pre-Christian candidates for the role of a prototype dying and rising God.
Jesus is unique.
Dude Dionysus predates Christianity by Atleast 800 years with his earliest appearance in the illiad and the Odyssey.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
