RE: So is crucifiction a bad or a good thing?
December 13, 2015 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: December 13, 2015 at 2:18 pm by drfuzzy.)
The dying and rising god myth was ancient around the Mediterranean long before a scruffy little tribe of El worshipers who avoided eating pork ever came on the scene. Kersey Graves listed 16 crucified "saviors" who pre-dated Jesus of Nazareth:
It was a story so old that everyone knew it. There is a report by an early historian (sorry, can't find it, will keep looking) about some people scoffing at early Christians, saying "we didn't believe that about ____, why should we believe the same thing about this Jew?" Crucifixion, virgin birth, miracles, etc., were all required by the story.
Oh, and yes, I looked up Graves' work on Wikipedia for the list and description.
- Thulis of Egypt, 1700 B. C.[5]
- Chrishna of India, 1200 B.C.
- Crite of Chaldea, 1200 B.C.[6][7]
- Atys of Phrygia, 1170 B.C.
- Thammuz or Tammuz of Syria, 1160 B.C.
- Hesus or Eros 834 B.C.
- Bali of Orissa, 725 B.C.[8]
- Indra of Thibet (Tibet), 725 B.C.
- Iao of Nepaul (Nepal), 622 B.C.[9][10]
- Buddha Sakia (Muni) of India, 600 B.C.[11]
- Mitra (Mithra) of Persia, 600 B.C.
- Alcestos of Euripides, 600 B.C.
- Quezalcoatl of Mexico, 587 B.C.
- Wittoba of the Bilingonese, 552 B.C.[12]
- Prometheus or Æschylus of Caucasus, 547 B.C.
- Quirinus of Rome, 506 B.C.
It was a story so old that everyone knew it. There is a report by an early historian (sorry, can't find it, will keep looking) about some people scoffing at early Christians, saying "we didn't believe that about ____, why should we believe the same thing about this Jew?" Crucifixion, virgin birth, miracles, etc., were all required by the story.
Oh, and yes, I looked up Graves' work on Wikipedia for the list and description.
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